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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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Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt

Date: 1931
Description: Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in a scene from "Reunion in Vienna."
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Family around Table in front of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around a table with dishes on top. To the right is a man sitting and holding a violin, and to his right a boy is holding a gun. The ho...
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Family in Yard with Music Box

Date: 1872
Description: A family sits around a table on which is a wooden box with a key lock and a hinged lid, possibly with a mirror inside the lid. (A jewelry box? a music box?...
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The Unwilling Bride

Date: 1847
Description: An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily.
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A Musical Performance

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Description: A woman with a ukulele in a household setting.
Postcard

Boy with Accordion

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of boy in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing with his arm resting on an accordion placed on a table.
Postcard

Woman Holding Violin

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman sitting in a chair holding a violin on her knee. She is holding the bow in her other hand. She we...
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Shorewood Hills School Music Students

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Shorewood Hills music students posed with their string instruments at a Christmas caroling party in the home of Mrs. Keys (Freda) Winterble, 901 University...
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Band Member with Tuba

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Description: A man wearing a band uniform rests his hand on a tuba and poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Band Member with Trombone

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Description: A band member wearing a uniform stands with a trombone, posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Band Member with Clarinet

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Description: A band member wearing a uniform stands with a clarinet for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Julius Whitegull and Sam Lowe

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in chairs in front of a painted backdrop. Sam Thunderking Lowe (HoChumpHoNoNikKah), on the l...
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Group Party Picture

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Description: Party picture. They are making fun of their pal 'Lucky" Demo's band.
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Bloch in Dress with Ukulele

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Description: Robert Bloch wearing a dress, a blonde wig, eyeglasses and a feathered hat, strums a ukulele while holding a cigarette and sticking his tongue out. On the ...
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Portrait of Hofton C. Hagen

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Description: A full-length studio portrait of Hofton C. Hagen posed standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a violin and bow as if he is playing it, and ...
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Group in Front of Tropical Backdrop

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Description: Robert and Angie Vail, Mary Jo Vonier, and Alice Bedard pose in front of a tropical backdrop wearing leis. A bass drum sits on a couch next to them.
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Group of Five Men with Musical Intruments

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Description: Group of five men sitting and holding stringed instruments. Two of the men hold violins, two hold mandolins, and one man holds a guitar.
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Party Portrait

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Description: A group portrait of a home party. Several of the individuals hold musical instruments.
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Woman at Keyboard

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in an old style dress stands in profile by a keyboard instrument, with her left knee resting on a Gothic Revival chair. A candle is burning in a br...

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