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Waiting for the Lyle Lovett Concert to Begin

Date: 11 02 2014
Description: View from balcony looking down at the stage at the Overture Center. People are sitting in the ground floor seats. The stage is illuminated by blue spot lig...
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Central High School Orchestra

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Elevated view of the Central High School orchestra on the stage. Richard C. Church, conductor.
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Afternoon at the Overture Center

Date: 02 2014
Description: Interior view looking up at the glass dome in the Overture Center. Snow and icicles are on some of the windows of the geometric dome. Suspended below the d...
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Matinee at Sundance Cinema

Date: 11 12 2014
Description: View of a movie screen from the seats in the middle of a theater. There are a few people sitting in the seats in the foreground. On the screen is a scene o...
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Stagecoach Players Production

Date: 07 01 1965
Description: Ray Burns is portraying the witch in a production of "Hansel and Gretel" by the Stagecoach Players in Madison parks during the summer.
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Prof. Jerry McNeely & Actors

Date: 01 1962
Description: Debbie Holmes and Nick Plakies read from Prof. Jerry McNeely's script with Wally Ogden and Prof. McNeely, University of Wisconsin professor of radio and TV...
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Prof. Jerry McNeely

Date: 01 1962
Description: Portrait of Prof. Jerry McNeely, playwright and University of Wisconsin Professor of Radio and Television.
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Blue Mounds Opera House

Date: 02 2014
Description: View across street towards the historic Blue Mounds Opera House. Exterior stairs lead to porches on the ground and second floor. A small metal fence surrou...
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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Eastwood Theater Tower

Date: 1958
Description: The Eastwood Theater tower, situated over the front entrance.
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State Street from Capitol Grounds

Date: 08 02 1961
Description: View of State St. from the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Several pedestrians can be seen and several vehicles drive along the street. The Capitol...
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Orpheum Theatre

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Orpheum Theatre at 113 Monona Avenue (now called Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). There are several automobiles parked in front of ...
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Anti-Castro Protest

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Several sign-carrying U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union Theater supporting Fidel Cast...
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Madison Recreation Department Junior High School Puppet Theater Class

Date: 03 13 1965
Description: Some members of the Madison Recreation Department's Junior High School puppet theater class preparing for a show at Cherokee School. Puppeteers shown (L-R)...
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Jerry (Deane) Druckenbrod Family Performing with the Theater-Go-Round

Date: 08 25 1965
Description: The Jerry (Deane-TV name) Druckenbrod family performing together in the Theater-Go-Round production of "Babes in Arms." Dave Bruckenbrod is shown during re...
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Bascom Hill

Date: 06 02 1960
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from Bascom Hill, with three women walking in the foreground. Cars are parked on State Street at the base of the hill. ...
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Phi Beta Cast Selected for Phi Beta's Concert Reading of "Fiddler on the Roof"

Date: 10 07 1965
Description: "Fiddler on the Roof" is to be presented as a concert reading in Madison by Phi Beta. Cast members shown are Ruth Foster, left, who plays Golde, the wife; ...
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Enjoying the Concert

Date: 09 30 1971
Description: A man is leaning back in a theater seat with his eyes closed, holding a paper bulletin. Caption reads: "ENJOYING THE CONCERT — Arthur Van Dale closed his e...
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Oscar G. Mayer Jr. Giving a Report

Date: 01 25 1964
Description: Oscar G. Mayer Jr., president of the Oscar Mayer Company, at a podium on the stage of the Orpheum Theatre. On the screen is a large map of United States wi...
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State Street After Snowstorm

Date: 12 23 1959
Description: View down State Street from the Capitol Square following a snowstorm. A Christmas tree is standing on the corner, and other holiday decorations are hanging...

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