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Dancers at Hillside
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Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided by Frederick W. Kehl (1862-1938) of the Kehl School in Madison. Kehl traveled to the school every other Friday evening to teach the students ballroom dancing and conduct other special entertainments. The Hillside Home School was operated by Jane and Ellen Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
1905
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1905 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 18 x 13 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Kehl School of Dance, Madison, Wisconsin, records, 1894-2015 |
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| Call Number | PH M92-249.650 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES |
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| Rights Holder | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Kehl Dance Class
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Dance class in the ballroom at the Kehl School of Dance, Madison, Wisconsin. Professor Kehl stands at the lower right, while a row of mothers watch from both sides of the room.
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Hillside Home School
1908
Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd Jones. It was constructed over the next t...
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An unidentified couple, students of the Kehl School of Dance, in ballet Adagio. Their costumes were made by Genevieve Kehl.
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Students of the Kehl School of Dance perform in colonial costumes. Leo Kehl, the son of the studio founder is wearing the dark costume on the right.
