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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club Committee

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Group portrait of the Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club Committee standing in front of bandstand with musicians. Patriotic decorations provided by the ...
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Chanticleer Orchestra on Boat

Date: 06 29 1931
Description: Chanticleer Orchestra, the "Piffles" Jaeger Band with instruments, on lake passenger boat. Band members and guests are: Left to right: Ruth Bourrette, Mrs....
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Havana Rumba Orchestra

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: The Rimacs and their Havana Rumba Orchestra standing around a Nash automobile, the Kenosha twin ignition six, Model 990, in front of the Orpheum Theatre, a...
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Peggy King Orchestra

Date: 03 22 1947
Description: Peggy King, standing with trumpet, and her orchestra, eight women on stage with instruments and music stands. They played for the Dane County Red Cross da...
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Armistice Day Ceremony

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen...
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Dreyfus Campaigning for Governor

Date: 09 05 1978
Description: Campaigning for Governor in Madison, Lee Sherman Dreyfus shakes hands with a few passersby.
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Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
Poster

Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's. Features an outdoor photograph of the band.
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Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps Dinner

Date: 12 29 1949
Description: Group portrait of people at the head table at a banquet held at the Naval Reserve Training Center, 1046 E. Washington Ave. L to R front row: Mildred Norg (...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin faculty band led the parade of children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights march i...
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Wisconsin National Guard Band Concert

Date: 01 12 1951
Description: Warrant Officer Frank W. Koenig of Monroe speaks with guests during an informal open house which included a concert and dance. The event was held by the 32...
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Wisconsin vs. Indiana Football Game

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: The UW marching band performs in the snow during half time at the Wisconsin vs. Indiana football game.
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University of Wisconsin Commencement

Date: 06 20 1952
Description: Graduating seniors seated at the commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. The band is seated in the foreground.
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Rose Bowl Bid of 1952

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: Badger cheerleader Sharyn Chesten (right) presents a rose to University of Wisconsin football Captain George O'Brien, symbolizing the southern California N...
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South Side Band

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Description: Group portrait of the South Side Band posing outdoors with their instruments. The name of the band is printed on the bass drum on the right. Some of the na...
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University of Wisconsin Rose Bowl Band Fund

Date: 12 06 1959
Description: Sigma Alpha Iota, the music sorority at the University of Wisconsin, presented $50 to the university band for its trip to the Rose Bowl. Barbara Merkel, Pi...
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University of Wisconsin Concert Band

Date: 06 04 1960
Description: Raymond F. Dvorak, center, University of Wisconsin bands director, conducting the concert band at pre-commencement exercises on the Memorial Union Terrace.
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Cosmos Dancing Club Spring Dinner Dance

Date: 05 13 1955
Description: Jerry and Dorothy Freck enjoy dancing to the music of Jerry Billington's orchestra at the spring dinner dance of the Cosmos Dancing Club at the Nakoma Coun...
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Shorewood Hills Holiday Teen-ager Dancing Party

Date: 12 27 1961
Description: Teen-age girls dancing the twist at the annual Shorewood Hills teen-age dancing party. The six girls in the foreground are, left to right: Barbara Washburn...

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