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Otto Rindlisbacher with Hardanger Fiddle

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Otto Rindlisbacher, folk singer and maker of stringed instruments, and violin collection, sitting in his shop holding a Hardanger fiddle. Caption at bottom...
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Moody Price and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 07 30 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas, right, Moody Price and three other people.
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Charles Robinson and Man

Date: 08 1941
Description: Charles Robinson, singer of lumberjack songs, left, with an unidentified man sitting behind what appears to be a microphone on a stand.
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Barbershop Quartet

Date: 01 1947
Description: Group portrait of a high school barbershop quartet.
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Portrait of High School Girls

Date: 12 10 1947
Description: Jo Raimond, Central High School; Carolyn Zabrocki, East High School; and Jane Bandy, West High School, will sing as part of the triple trio at the Christma...
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Dr. Sigrid Prager in His Farewell Concert

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: Dr. Sigfrid Prager conducting the Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Civic Chorus, the University of Wisconsin chorus and soloists in his farewe...
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church Choir

Date: 06 06 1948
Description: Group portrait of African-American choir on steps in front of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 548 West Johnson Street.
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Mop Heads

Date: 12 26 1948
Description: Top-hatted master of ceremonies, Stanton Stavrum, looks on as Robert Smith, Charles Van Deitz, and Hugh Benidict in mop wigs and dresses, rehearse singing ...
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Philharmonic Chorus

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Group portrait of thirteen male and female members of the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison.
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Singer Rise Stevens Arriving in Madison

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu...
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Christmas Pageant Singers

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: Three singers participate in the annual Christmas pageant presented by Madison high school students in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. From left are ...
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Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral Group

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Some of the girls of the Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral group prepare for a cantata to be performed to raise money to purchase the grand piano in the pictu...
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The Madisonians Singing Group

Date: 01 09 1950
Description: 27 teen singers stand behind a piano at the Madison YWCA. The group was formed by Don Voss (extreme right) with the cooperation of the East Side Youth Acti...
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University of Wisconsin Players Opera Finalists

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a...
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Jaycettes' Fashion Show

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Pictured left to right are the members of the Minorettes quartet who will perform at the Jaycettes' fashion show: Mrs. William J. (Rosemary) Coyne, 104 Sou...
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Seventeenth Annual Radio Music Festival

Date: 05 06 1950
Description: Professor E.B. Gordon is shown surrounded by some of his 90,000 "radio children," 3,500 of whom sang for him Saturday at the University of Wisconsin stock ...
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Madison Civic Chorus

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Walter Heerman discusses the score of Handel's "Messiah" with chorus members. They are Arlene Radl (sitting) and, standing left to right, Matthias Cooper, ...
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Madison Civic Chorus

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Madison Civic Chorus members to participate in performance of The Messiah posing for a group portrait. They are, from left to right: (standing) Ralph James...
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Shorewood Hills Community League "Shindig" Event

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: Members of a chorus made up of Shorewood Hills residents and organized by Dr. Edward Gordon rehearse before entertaining guests at the Shorewood Community ...
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Christmas Seal Display

Date: 12 02 1950
Description: A group of girl scouts from Troop 99 of Bashford Methodist Church singing Christmas carols at a Christmas holiday display at a Madison law firm featuring t...

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