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| Date: | 01 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Maurice ((Janet) Pasch of 4114 Manitou Way is president of the Madison Council of Jewish Women. They are planning a dinner dance at the East Side Busi... |
| Date: | 04 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Kermit "Kert" Bliss. He became director of the Madison Community Center after serving as acting director since August 1952. The Center's progr... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, introduces Patti, his first dancing granddaughter. |
| Date: | 04 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Chatting between dances at the Madison Business College Spring Prom are Marvin Frisch, Ted Herpel, Sharon Wendt, and Alice Schoeberie. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Virginia Lee Kehl MacKesey, performing with "Orchesis," a University of Wisconsin dance company under the direction of Margaret D'Houbler and Louise Kleppe... |
| Date: | 11 09 1950 |
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| Description: | The Loft and the Madison Youth Council sponsored a dance in honor of the All-City Football Team for the purpose of collecting clothing for Korea. Shown wit... |
| Date: | 02 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Combo Dancing Club, taken from an elevated vantage point. |
| Date: | 04 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Janice Reed and Bill Kellesvig reigned as queen and king of the annual Prom of Madison Business College students. The party was held at the East Side Busin... |
| Date: | 02 21 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of five members of a modern dance group from West High School. |
| Date: | 03 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Teenagers enjoy jitter-bug dancing at the South Madison Neighborhood Center at 609 Center Street. Jean Brown (444 Hawthorne Court) is the director of the c... |
| Date: | 09 19 1953 |
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| Description: | Mike Margon is calling a square dance from the stage at Frank Allis School for a group of adults. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Six members of the 20-man "cutting crew" for West High School's annual Senior Dance receive instructions for the party. Dick Musselman, 402 Laurel Lane, sh... |
| Date: | 05 17 1950 |
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| Description: | Don Noel and Jeannine Radke, king and queen of Central High School's senior dance, pose against a wallpapered wall. |
| Date: | 10 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Making plans for Edgewood's homecoming dance are, left to right: Roland Spahr, senior class president; Edward Arnold, general chairman, and Marie Anthony, ... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Pat Maes and Ronnie Conroy audition for WMTV's Teen Time show while Laird Marshall provides the piano accompaniment. |
| Date: | 02 03 1956 |
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| Description: | Steven Best (left), Virginia Hoffman and Philip Shuler attend a costume party for sixth graders of Jefferds dancing class. |
| Date: | 01 16 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Patrick Lynch and Shirley Baines, selected as king and queen of the Edgewood High School prom. |
| Date: | 02 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Marsha Swenson, age 4, as she curtsies in a ballet costume. She is a student at the Katheryn Hubbard Dance Studio. |
| Date: | 06 10 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Irwin Smith and Kay Keliher at a dance at Nakoma Country Club for Nakoma School graduates. |
| Date: | 06 08 1956 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schulthess and Mary Bennett chat at the Starlight Dancing Club party. The dance was semi-formal. |
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