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Military Band at Lookout Mountain

Date: 1864
Description: Albumen stereograph of the Union Army brass band posed and playing atop Lookout Point. The Tennessee River is in the background.
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Lake City Cornet Band

Date: 05 17 1870
Description: A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ...
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Band in the Country

Date: 1897
Description: Eleven uniformed musicians holding their instruments stand in a semi-circle, with the two drummers seated with their drums. The band consists of 2 trombone...
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2nd Wisconsin Infantry Band

Date: 1861
Description: The brass band of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. In the past, the leader in the picture was identified as Hazard W. Titus, but it is likely that this photogr...
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Fourth of July Industrial Parade

Date: 07 1886
Description: Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed...
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"McCormick Day" in Owatonna

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered on a dirt road in front of a strip of commercial buildings to celebrate the arrival of a McCormick agricultural equ...
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Milwaukee Turners Drum Corps

Date: 1898
Description: The ten members of the Drum Corps of the Milwaukee Turners posed in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in band uniforms with hats and are holdin...
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Ladies Ideal Band

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Ladies Ideal Band, in uniform and holding their instruments which include drums and various brass ins...
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Waupun State Prison Band

Date: 1898
Description: String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello...
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National Guard Band

Date: 1887
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard band pose with their instruments at Camp Douglas.
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Barnyard Quintet

Date: 1890
Description: Quintet of chamber musicians posed in barnyard.

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