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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: A woman dressed in Indian headwrap with feather, wrapped in a blanket, for a performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth...
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Madison Woman's Club Play

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Five women in costume, acting in a scene from "Gay Nineties," a skit written by Lorraine Rucker for the Drama and History departments of the Madison Woman'...
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"The Mistletoe Bough"

Date: 1885
Description: Group portrait of four men and four women, all in costume. One woman is dressed in a bridal gown. Caption reads: "'The Mistletoe Bough' 1885. Mary R. Brigh...
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Four Women on Stage at the Opera House

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four women in flowing, classical dresses dancing on the stage of the Fuller Opera House. Behind them is a painted backdrop.
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Madison Woman's Club Christmas Play

Date: 11 30 1952
Description: Pictured are the women who will take part in the Madison Woman's Club one-act Christmas play "Good Will Toward Woman". This play is presented by the drama ...
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Badger Theater Group

Date: 01 20 1934
Description: Group portrait of three women and two men who are in the Badger theater group in Mt. Horeb participating in the Dane County rural drama tournament. Left to...
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Performance of "Song of Norway"

Date: 1967
Description: Actors are on stage performing the musical "Song of Norway" at Mt. Horeb's first Song of Norway Festival. The woman in the center is wearing a red and gold...
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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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Americanization Pageant

Date: 08 30 1953
Description: Five women in costume during rehearsal for the Americanization pageant, called "A Thoroughfare for Freedom," which will take place on the balcony and steps...
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Belle Boyd

Date: 1957
Description: Pencil sketch of Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy who is buried in Wisconsin.
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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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Phi Beta's "A Combine of Comedy"

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Four women in costume, posing in a scene from "Lyristrata"; part of a comedy program, "A Combine of Comedy" produced by Phi Beta in the play circle of the ...
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At the Movies

Date: 10 2013
Description: The movie "Vertigo" playing on a big screen in a darkened movie theater. The scene captured by the camera is of a woman walking along a the edge of the bay...
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St. Raphael's PTA Playcast

Date: 03 19 1932
Description: The cast in costume on stage of "The Emerson Club" presented by the St. Raphael's School PTA. Six women in Victorian costumes.
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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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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s...
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Cast of a French Playlet

Date: 05 14 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin student cast in costume and on stage for one of two French playlets.
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Cast of a French Playlet

Date: 05 15 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin student cast in costume and on stage for one of two French playlets.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department

Date: 05 11 1937
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department cast of "La Careta Verde" on stage in Bascom Hall.

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