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Ambassador Club

Date: 06 21 1933
Description: Interior of Ambassador Club at Bernard's Park beyond Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota, dining and dancing, boat rides and picnicking featured. Music nightly by ...
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Orchestra in Pit

Date: 03 25 1932
Description: Orchestra sitting under an awning at the Chanticleer ballroom.
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Orchestra in Pit

Date: 03 25 1932
Description: Men in the orchestra are standing in a row posing at the Chanticleer ballroom.
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Chanticleer Band Leaving

Date: 03 25 1931
Description: The men in the Chanticleer band are posing in front of the stage in the ballroom holding their coats.
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Chanticleer Orchestra Group Portrait

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Chanticleer orchestra group portrait in front of a fireplace.
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Chanticleer Orchestra and Manager by Fireplace

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Group portrait of the Chanticleer orchestra and manager posing in front of the fireplace.
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Chanticleer Orchestra in Pit

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Chanticleer orchestra with their instruments in the pit.
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Eagle's Club Dance Hall

Date: 04 05 1946
Description: Interior view of the dance hall at the Eagle's Club, 23 West Doty Street. There are chairs and a piano on the stage. Just above the stage is a large "W," a...
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Joe Yanksy, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yansky (Bohemian), a one-man band with an accordion and drums.
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Joe Yansky, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums.
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Ballroom at Kehl's Dancing Academy

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Description: The ballroom at Kehl's Dancing Academy, later the Kehl School of Dance, located at 309 West Johnson Street. The building was later the Labor Temple.
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Seamen's Harvest Dance

Date: 09 06 1947
Description: Young people at a union-sponsored dance in Milwaukee crowd around the stage, perhaps while the band is taking a break.
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Young Adult Club Anniversary Dance

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: Young Adult Club 1st Anniversary dance in the Community Center. Dancing on the ballroom floor are: left to right, Mary Imhoff and Joe Prestigiacomo, and Ma...
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Children Folk Dancing in School Festival

Date: 1913
Description: Students of Palos Park School folk dancing at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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Norman Ebron Band

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: Norman Ebron Band, members of American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play stand-up bass, coronet, clarinet and piano in front of a white a...
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Norman Ebron Band

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: The Norman Ebron Band, members of the American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play coronet, saxophone, piano, drums and standup bass in a d...
Postcard

Wade House; Ballroom

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Wade House ballroom. Text on reverse reads: "The Ballroom was the scene of dances, concerts, shows and lectures, a social cen...

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