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| Date: | 10 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, from upper balcony. A man looking up at the ceiling rafters is standing on top of scaffolding in the ... |
| Date: | 11 12 1959 |
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| Description: | Alice Peet, assistant technical director of the Wisconsin Union Theater, talks with Madison West High School pupils attending the Drama Institute. They are... |
| Date: | 04 07 1932 |
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| Description: | Congregational church children's playcast for "Midsummer Night's Dream." |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C... |
| Date: | 04 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking north, with steam shovel and other equipment. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. John... |
| Date: | 03 26 1929 |
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| Description: | Indoor group portrait of the Madison East High School boys Hy-Y club. |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for a performance of Samuel Beckett's play "Endgame" at University of Wisconsin Madison's-Union South theater. Features a crude drawing ... |
| Date: | 07 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a performance of "The Man Who Came to Dinner," a comedy by Moss Hart and George Kaufman, held at the Robert Gard Theater in Spring Green... |
| Date: | 11 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India speaking to a crowd gathered at the U.W. Union Terrace from a Union Theater outdoor balcony. |
| Date: | 12 28 1960 |
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| Description: | The 6th annual Madison school safety patrol Christmas party is held at the Strand Theater. The children are entertained by cartoons and a comedy feature fi... |
| Date: | 01 23 1928 |
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| Description: | View from the back towards the RKO Capitol Theatre stage. |
| Date: | 02 01 1931 |
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| Description: | Orpheum and Capitol theatre ushers listening to a talk about fire prevention as they are standing beneath a marquee that advertises the epic "Cimarron." |
| Date: | 02 25 1945 |
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| Description: | Hills Department Store, 202 State Street, with a women's hat display window taken from Dayton Street. A marquee for a theater is in the background. |
| Date: | 07 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater, having her eyebrows penciled in her dressing room by Mr... |
| Date: | 08 19 1931 |
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| Description: | Three women of "The Singing Sinners," a vaudeville act at the Orpheum Theater, are reading "The Capitol Times" serial story "Guilty Lips," in their dressin... |
| Date: | 02 07 1931 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Orpheum Theater marquee, which is featuring Jean Darling in person, the star of "Our Gang" comedies and Davis & Darnell, and B... |
| Date: | 05 21 1930 |
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| Description: | Strand Theater, with marquee advertising Warner Baxter and Carol Lombard in "The Arizona Kid," and Collyer's Pharmacy, Kinney Shoes, and a Heinz billboard. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across Mifflin Street towards the Fuller Opera House, which later became the Parkway Theater and was razed in 1954. The City Hall is next doo... |
| Date: | 04 04 1947 |
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| Description: | Zor Shriners Band members serenading the Polack Brothers show elephants outside of the Parkway Theater, where they are performing. |
| Date: | 05 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Violet (Warren) Jollymore and baby Jock in car. Warren was a reporter for the Wisconsin Union Theater. Jock Warren Jollymore was born Sept. 20, 1947. |
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