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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tommy Thompson

Date: 09 27 1990
Description: Indoor portrait of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger posing with Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Schwarzenegger had come to Wi...
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University of Wisconsin Play Cast

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin students rehearse their roles in the play "My Name is Legion." The play will be presented to the Dane County Association of Health ...
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Wisconsin Players

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Fifteen men and women standing and sitting around a table which supports a sign reading "Wisconsin Players."
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Leadership Seminar for "Those Who Supervise Women Employes"

Date: 11 10 1965
Description: The Management Institute of the University of Wisconsin put on a seminar on leadership methods specifically for "Those Who Supervise Women Employes." It wa...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Leadership Seminar for "Those Who Supervise Women"

Date: 11 10 1965
Description: The Management Institute of the University of Wisconsin put on a seminar on leadership methods specifically for "Those Who Supervise Women Employes." It wa...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Leadership Seminar for "Those Who Supervise Women"

Date: 11 10 1965
Description: The Management Institute of the University of Wisconsin put on a seminar on leadership methods specifically for "Those Who Supervise Women Employes." It wa...
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Cast Members of "Othello"

Date: 10 04 1944
Description: Two Madison women appearing in the Margaret Weber's production of "Othello", at the Wisconsin Union Theater with other cast members and Professor Oskar F.L...
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Mark Harmon on "Dillinger" Set

Date: 06 1990
Description: Actor Mark Harmon (center), who portrayed John Dillinger in the made-for-TV movie of the same name, at the Chalet on the Lake in Mequon. In the film this ...
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Daniel J. Travanti with Banner

Date: 1958
Description: A teenage Daniel J. Travanti stands next to a man, with the two men holding a banner that reads: "S. Wisconsin N.F.L., Dramatic Interpretation, First Place...
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Broadway Actor a Guest in Madison

Date: 05 10 1950
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Fellows, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Grossenbach in Madison, sitingt on an upholstered chair. Mr. Fellows, a graduate of the U...
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Abe Lincoln Portrait & Impersonator

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: Abraham Lincoln impersonator, Charles E. Bull, Hollywood, California and Jesse S. Meyers, commander of the Madison G.A.R. post, and two other men are stand...
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Adolpe Menjou at Edgwater Hotel

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: Movie and TV actor, Adolphe Menjou, right, with William Doudna, journalist for the Wisconsin State Journal. In 1947, Menjou was a witness in the Hou...
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"South Pacific" Actors Learn About Naval Weapons

Date: 03 1960
Description: Madison men who play naval officers in the play "South Pacific" learn about naval weapons by visiting the Naval Reserve Officers Training corps (NROTC) hea...
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"George Spelvin"

Date: 07 22 1950
Description: U.W. Ph.D student and actor, who wished to remain anonymous and so went by the name George Spelvin, in stage productions.
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Honorary Membership for Actor

Date: 10 1955
Description: Officer Harold Kurth (right) presented an honorary membership in the Madison policeman's Protective Association to Ben Alexander (left) who plays Detective...
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: West High school faculty members Leo Barnes and Donald McCloskey taking part in the rehearsal for "Ship Ahoy," a PTA-sponsored production to raise funds fo...
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Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...
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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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Vernon W. Thomson with Dennis Morgan

Date: 10 06 1956
Description: Atty. Gen. Vernon W. Thomson, GOP gubernatorial candidate, posing with his long-time friend, movie and television actor Dennis Morgan. Morgan was one of th...
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Will N. Wells

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Will N. Wells, of the Wells Printing Company, celebrating his eighty-fourth birthday with friends. Left to right: John G. MacFarland, an actor; J.J. McMana...

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