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Lumber Camp Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Group of men posing in the dining room at August Mason's lumber camp. Three men are playing stringed instruments. Posters are displayed on the wall behind ...
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Menominee Indian Band

Date: 1948
Description: Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the morn...
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Dancers in Elaborate Costumes

Date: 1929
Description: Dancers in elaborate costumes and huge headdresses perform onstage in "Glorifying the American Girl," a 1929 Paramount musical. The heads of some pit music...
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Zilphia Horton Leading Songs

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading singing at CIO School during Holiday season. At the table on the right, Myles Horton, Mike Ross, Tom Ludwig, and Joyce Mitchell.
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Guy Carawan and Singers

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Description: Folk singer Guy Carawan plays guitar and sings as James Bevel and Bernard Lafayette sing along.
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Singer Joe Glaza

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Description: Joe Glaza plays guitar and sings at a dinner event.
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African American Labor Leaders

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Description: Banquet for African-American delegates to the convention of the Alabama State Industrial Union Council.
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Steel Guitar Ace

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Description: Jack Penewell of Madison, originator of the twelve string Hawaiian guitar (or so his business card says), with another musician tentatively identified as T...
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Mr. Harmonica Man

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the me...
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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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Marques Bovre and the Evil Twins

Date: 1990
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members of Marques Bovre & the Evil Twins, a Madison, Wisconsin band. From left to right are Eric Dummer, Marques Bov...
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Ivory Library

Date: 07 14 1992
Description: Publicity photograph of five band members from Ivory Library, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Derrick McBride, Dave Batson (standing...
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Gisholt Machine Co. Band

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Description: Group portrait of the Gisholt Machine Company band. Seventeen musicians are shown in three rows.
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Set of "Congress Dances"

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Congress Dances." Everyone, including many musicians wearing large brimmed hats, is gathered outside of a building.
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: Dancers taking a curtain call on stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." The orchestra is in a pit in front of the stage, and two men and two women ar...
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Scene from "Alibi"

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Description: A man with a guitar is standing on the stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." He is looking up at a woman standing on a balcony above him. The orches...
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Chorus Girls in the Film "Alibi"

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Description: Chorus girls standing on stage in a scene from the 1929 film "Alibi." Each dancer is standing on one leg with the other leg bent at the knee. The orchestra...

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