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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 03 06 1942 |
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| Description: | Interior rear view of the seating of the Orpheum Theatre, at the back of the main floor looking towards the stage. |
| Date: | 02 25 1939 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 10 male projection operators of Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Kimball theater organ at the Orpheum Theater. |
| Date: | 04 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Ole Olson and Chic Johnson milking cows in front of the Orpheum, 216 State Street, promoting their show "Atrocities of 1932" at the Orpheum. |
| Date: | 08 05 1926 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking west. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church is in the background. Caption reads:... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Orpheum Theatre, which opened in 1900. Designed by Frank Freeman in the Beaux-Arts style, the facade features sculptures, a marquee, and ba... |
| Date: | 09 11 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Orpheum players at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) standing next to buffaloes. |
| Date: | 04 02 1927 |
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| Description: | Interior view from the stage of the auditorium with balcony, at the New Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 09 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, from stage, looking south. |
| Date: | 02 23 1954 |
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| Description: | RCA Artcraft and IPC Simplex Cinemascope projector equipment in projection room with operators, at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 10 31 1930 |
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| Description: | View from the stage of a full audience of costumed Halloween party-goers in the auditorium at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 02 1927 |
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| Description: | Interior view from the stage of the auditorium with balcony, at the New Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards the Orpheum Theater, an art deco building with a large electric sign and a marquee. The marquee reads: "Al Pacino in Serpi... |
| Date: | 06 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Lobby of the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, showing a display of coming MGM movies, and a poster of "National Velvet," starring Mickey Rooney, Donald C... |
| Date: | 06 18 1931 |
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| Description: | Eugene F. Smith, chief engineer of Madison's RKO theaters (left) is explaining the refrigeration (air conditioning) plant at the Orpheum Theatre to Floyd C... |
| Date: | 02 01 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Capitol and Orpheum theater staff and ushers in uniform, standing and sitting around the Capitol Theatre lobby fountain. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Foyer near the entrance showing staircase of the Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, at 216 State Street, showing foyer near doors to auditorium with a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal. |
| Date: | 04 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater, at 216 State Street, showing the foyer from the west towards a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal. |
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