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Charleston Contest

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Description: People stand in anticipation of a Charleston dancing contest.
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Ringling Circus Wagon and Clowns

Date: 1910
Description: A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street.
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Racine Kiltie Drum & Bugle Corps

Date: 1963
Description: A group portrait of the Racine Kiltie Drum & Bugle Corps. They are all posed with their instruments and wearing their uniforms. The uniforms have a Scottis...
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Band Serenading Cafeteria Patrons

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a band playing and singing in a crowded cafeteria. The cafeteria is not identified, but signs on the walls advertise Gargoyle Cof...
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Concertina Dancing Music

Date: 07 11 1985
Description: Several people, most of them women, dancing on a dance floor in front of a band on a stage. Caption reads: "CONCERTINA DANCING MUSIC — The woman outnumbere...
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"1865 Military Ball" at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: A costumed couple is dancing while four women in costumes are clapping their hands. Caption reads: "Dancers strutted their stuff at an '1865 Military Ball'...
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Benny's Basement Band

Date: 07 24 1981
Description: A group of people are dancing as a band on a stage is playing in the background. Caption reads: "Rock fans dance to the music of Benny's Basement Band at F...
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Masked Ball

Date: 02 01 1989
Description: Two people in costume posing on the dance floor. A few other dancers and band members are in the background. Caption reads: "Masked Ball — At the second an...
Postcard

Birchwood Cornet Band

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band, wearing their uniforms and holding their instruments. The band is posed on the lawn in front of the porch of a house, and...
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Elkhorn Cornet Band

Date: 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band. The men are posing in their uniforms and are holding their instruments. A drum on the right has a sign that reads: "Elkho...
Postcard

A Jolly Time by The Shimonek Orchestra

Date: 02 01 1906
Description: Postcard featuring an oval-framed group portrait of a four-person band. The members are posing comically with their instruments. Caption reads: "Medford 2/...
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Wilson's Park Band

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Description: Group portrait of a band posing with the instruments, in uniform. The band is posing in front of a forest. The sign painted on the drum reads: "Wilson's Pa...
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Original Lumberjack Band

Date: 1923
Description: Members of a band posing outdoors for a group portrait with their musical instruments. The band members are wearing coats and hats, and a few are wearing m...
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Mel's Circus Clown Band

Date: 1963
Description: Group of seven men posing in clown costumes and holding musical instruments. A drum on a wheeled cart has a cartoon representation of a clown, and is label...
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Marcelli's Sleigh Riders Charity Concert

Date: 12 10 1982
Description: Twelve band members are posing on stage together. Caption reads: :This Monday at Teddy's, 1434 Farwell Ave., the Sleigh Riders will make their first, and p...
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Ludington Guard Band

Date: 1933
Description: View across lawn towards band members posing in their uniforms and holding their musical instruments. The group is sitting and standing on stage under a ba...
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Alice in Dairyland Parade

Date: 05 31 1963
Description: Caption with photograph reads: "Unidentified youngster at left has his own idea on how a clarinet should be played as band passes his curbside bandstand du...
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Breath Control

Date: 12 1976
Description: A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform.
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Service Flag Dedication, Osseo

Date: 04 26 1918
Description: Elevated view of a flag dedication ceremony. Men holding instruments form two lines on either side of a man holding an American flag. A crowd is gathered a...
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Rockford Bagpipe Band at Annual Robert Burns Dinner

Date: 01 29 1956
Description: A man is carrying a tray with two candlesticks and haggis. Three other men are following wearing uniforms, and two men are playing bagpipes. Caption reads:...

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