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| Date: | 08 05 1956 |
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| Description: | Two women playing harps. Caption reads: "Auditions for the new Milwaukee Pops orchestra were held Saturday at Radio City. Miss Carol Dahm (front), 2... |
| Date: | 02 25 1956 |
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| Description: | Three people clapping and smiling near a man playing a guitar. Caption reads: "Railroad fans clapped to the rocking rhythm of a guitar player on a s... |
| Date: | 09 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Three performers are on stage together: a man playing a clarinet, a woman singing, and a man playing a piano. Caption reads: "A concert trio performed |
| Date: | 11 06 1957 |
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| Description: | A man is playing a small double keyboard, from which tubes are extending. Behind him are large windows looking out towards a street scene. Across the stree... |
| Date: | 02 24 1962 |
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| Description: | View of a young man, surrounded by drums in the foreground. Caption reads: "A Whitefish Bay youth, Robert Bealmear, of 5324 N. Kent av., beat the dr... |
| Date: | 03 08 1956 |
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| Description: | A woman adjusts a marionette on a table. Above and behind the table, three women operate horizontal ("American") control bars. Caption reads: "Mrs. Harry H... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Baird Direct Reading Spectrometer." |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Construction Equipment Division. |
| Date: | 12 06 1962 |
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| Description: | A woman standing among several marionettes, demonstrating the strings and control bars to another woman and two children. Caption reads: "Two youngsters... |
| Date: | 02 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of a stage. Three women are reclining on the set to the upper left. A man is standing in the lower right, gesturing toward them. Caption read... |
| Date: | 10 14 1959 |
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| Description: | A man is looking at a stack of tickets that are paper clipped together. Behind him, similar stacks are arranged on shelves. Caption reads: "With his bac... |
| Date: | 08 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Four women posing in front of bookshelves, looking at stacks of publications. Caption reads: "The Theater Guild committee met Wednesday at the Unive... |
| Date: | 06 23 1960 |
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| Description: | A man is playing a violin at the front of a classroom of students. Caption reads: "Rolf Persinger of the Chicago symphony orchestra worked Thursday with mu... |
| Date: | 12 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Four men are holding string instruments, while several children are looking on. Caption reads: "A quartet of New York musicians who played Saturday ... |
| Date: | 10 31 1963 |
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| Description: | A group of children in Halloween costumes are reaching out their hands. Caption reads: "Night for Beggars Spooks and goblins prowled the city... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 06 1989 |
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| Description: | A boy in a costume is posing with his arms crossed wih his hands on his knees. Caption reads: "A costume carnival Pupils at Maple Dale Elementary S... |
| Date: | 03 11 1969 |
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| Description: | A man in costume — including greasepaint and exaggerated eyebrows and lips — posing holding a cane. Caption reads: "Charles Abbott, dressed for his role as... |
| Date: | 08 17 1989 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman posing together. Both are wearing cowboy/cowgirl costumes and riding hobby horses. Caption reads: "With the Old West as the theme, family... |
| Date: | 09 18 1989 |
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| Description: | A group of people are standing and sitting, including several children in the back of a truck. Caption reads: "Spectators lined the Mexican Independence Da... |
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