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Bonspiel Banquet

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Group portrait of the cast for a skit called "The Women," entertainment for the Badger Bonspiel banquet. The women include, left to right: Emily Ahearn, Do...
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Billie Sidell in Dancer's Pose

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Description: Billie Sidell strikes an elegant pose, dressed in a beaded costume and feathered headdress.
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Woman's Club of Madison Vaudeville Show

Date: 11 26 1958
Description: Three women perform in a comedy sketch during the vaudeville show at a meeting of the Woman's club of Madison. They are Amy Melby, Alma Beyer, and Mrs. Nor...
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Neighborhood House Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Cast members of a play staged for Valentine's Day, with costumed figures holding shields, a jester in a half-white and half-black costume, a woman with a c...
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Billie Sidell in Feathered Headdress

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Description: Billie Sidell contorts her body in a dancer's pose. She is wearing a beaded costume and a feathered headdress.
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Neighborhood House Album: Valentine Play

Date: 1925
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views of a play performed for Valentine's Day. One side shows a person dressed in jester's attir...
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Gayety Theatre Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Gayety Theatre, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the name of the theatre in an oval embellished with outlines of flowers and leaves, flanked...
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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.
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Pierre Sidell as a Ballerina

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Description: Pierre Sidell poses in a ballet dancing costume and pointe shoes, standing en pointe. The photograph is inscribed, "To my Teacher Leo Kehl. Pierre Sidell".
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Hope Nursing Home

Date: 06 1994
Description: "Ossie Reimer of Lomira with his dog, Rusty, entertains patients at Hope Nursing Home."
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The Reptile Palace Orchestra

Date: 09 1996
Description: Publicity photograph of the six band members of The Reptile Palace Orchestra, a Madison, Wisconsin band. From left to right in the back row are Seth Blair,...
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Fanchon & Marco Showgirl

Date: 08 01 1932
Description: A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl."
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Cynthia Shove and Lee Hauck with Puppets

Date: 03 27 1958
Description: Two women smiling and looking at a hand puppet of a dog. Other hand puppets are propped up on a table in front of them, and a stage is behind them. Caption...
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The Sidell Sisters in Elaborate Costumes

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Description: Billie Sidell, dressed as a man, poses with her sister, Pierre Sidell, who is sitting on her shoulder. They are wearing elaborate, ornate costumes.
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Garbage

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Description: Color publicity photogaph of band members from Garbage, a Madison, Wisconsin band. From left to right are Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, and Stev...
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Garbage

Date: 1998
Description: Color publicity photograph of band members from Garbage, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, Shirley Manson,...
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Garbage

Date: 07 02 1998
Description: Publicity photograph of band members from Garbage, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson, and Stev...
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Doris Platt on WHA-TV

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Doris Platt at the WHA-TV station displaying artifacts during the broadcast of Scandinavian Backbone, part of her series of 1959 television shows. E...
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Automotives Trades Council

Date: 12 18 1944
Description: Group portrait of Automotive Trades Council members at Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street, with Ben and Alvina Bergor, entertainers, sitting in the front ...
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The Sidell Sisters in a Dance Pose

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Description: The Sidell sisters create a dramatic, elegant dance pose as Billie (Violet), who is standing, holds Pierre upside-down across her shoulders.

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