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Baton Twirling Downtown

Date: 07 1959
Description: A row of girls and young women twirling batons in downtown Wisconsin Dells.
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Women on Stage

Date: 1916
Description: Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes.
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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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Group of People Singing in Parlor

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Description: Three women and two men playing instruments and singing in a parlor. Man plays a bass, while a woman plays a guitar.
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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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Mt. Horeb Theater Group

Date: 01 20 1934
Description: Portrait of five women, one man and a boy who are in a theater group in Mt. Horeb, participating in the Dane County rural drama tournament.
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Garden Party

Date: 07 12 1970
Description: A woman in a polka-dotted suit chats with two men wearing wildly-patterned slacks and sport coats at a summer party. A man plays drums in the background.
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Theatrical Cast

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Description: Large group portrait of men, women and children dressed in costume posing in front of, and on a stage. Probably a theatrical cast.
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Salvation Army Members on Stage

Date: 10 11 1934
Description: Group portrait of men and women in costumes onstage. Taken for the Salvation Army.
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

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Description: Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab."
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Madison Theater Guild Chorus Members

Date: 11 13 1960
Description: Portrait of two Madison women who are in the chorus of Madison Theater Guild's production of "Damn Yankees". Pictured are Marilyn Cohn and Carol Stich.
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Spanish Play Cast

Date: 12 07 1936
Description: Spanish play cast for "La Reja" on stage in the Bascom Theater, in Bascom Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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WHA Studio

Date: 02 26 1945
Description: WHA studio, with two women and two men posing around a microphone. The woman to the immediate left of the microphone has been identified as Dorothy Shinsti...
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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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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and a Woman Playing Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl...
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Woman Practicing Clarinet in Barn

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Description: Member of local farmers band practicing clarinet in barn.

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