Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Search: Orpheum
Search: Madison
Filter: Subject of persons
| Date: | 10 14 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Orpheum Theatre lobby, 216 State Street, with sign with description of items on display at Baron's Department Store that were used to produce "American Rom... |
| Date: | 12 17 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Woldenberg's, 26 E. Mifflin Street, "Joan Crawford" window taken for the Orpheum Theatre. "One of the many dresses worn by Joan Crawford in the picture: 'T... |
| Date: | 12 17 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Woldenberg's, 26 E. Mifflin Street, "Joan Crawford" window taken for the Orpheum Theatre. "One of the many dresses worn by Joan Crawford in the picture 'Th... |
| Date: | 07 25 1932 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 11 10 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fanchon & Marco "Irene Girls" listening to a small radio backstage at the Orpheum Theatre. Fanchon & Marco were a brother and sister choreography duo who t... |
| Date: | 04 16 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Olson & Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932." |
| Date: | 08 19 1931 |
|---|---|
| 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: | 11 02 1930 |
|---|---|
| Description: | World's largest Goodyear tire in front of RKO Orpheum theater, 216 State Street, with six people viewing the tire. One man is on top of the tire holding a ... |
| Date: | 06 18 1980 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down street towards a large crowd gathering in a line outside the Orpheum Theatre on State Street for a free 10AM Madison premiere of The Empire St... |
| Date: | 09 26 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Original caption reads: "Back in Madison after 27 years is Richard Neumann, one-time organist at the Orpheum and Parkway theaters. Neumann was the organist... |
| Date: | 10 1972 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster advertising for the world premiere of "Childhood II: A Nude Encounter," a documentary film at the Stage Door Theatre, part of the Orpheum in Madison... |
| Date: | 11 02 1930 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across street towards the World's largest tire on display in front of the RKO Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. A group of people are standing on t... |
| Date: | 10 17 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Tickets for the U.S. Air Force Band concert at the Orpheum Theater are presented to Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen (left) by Colonel John H. Pease (right), B... |
| Date: | 05 27 1939 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Roundy Coughlin in a police uniform, standing in front of a motorcycle and a life-sized poster of four movie stars on a tandem bicycle. This event occurred... |
| Date: | 09 24 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Horse-drawn cart advertising "Horsefeathers," a Marx Brothers movie, for the RKO Orpheum Theatre. "Mad Mirth takes a chariot ride among the wild oats." |
| Date: | 07 25 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr... |
| Date: | 06 17 1932 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pablo the Magician holding a "Capital Times" newspaper in the lobby of the Orpheum Theatre. He is using the newspaper in his act with Fanchon and Marco's s... |
| Date: | 06 27 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Rimacs and their Havana Rumba Orchestra standing around a Nash automobile, the Kenosha twin ignition six, Model 990, in front of the Orpheum Theatre, a... |
| Date: | 06 27 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Rimacs and their Havana Rumba Orchestra standing around a new Nash automobile, the Kenosha twin ignition six, Model 990, in front of the Orpheum Theatr... |
| Date: | 12 23 1930 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Christmas Victor radio show display in Orpheum theater lobby. There are four console radios and two Christmas trees. On the wall is a depiction of Santa in... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: