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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Fashion Model in Front of Carillon Tower

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store model modeling a dress, hat, and purse in front of the Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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University of Wisconsin Band Reunion

Date: 06 21 1935
Description: A reunion of eight members of the 1915 University of Wisconsin world's fair band with their instruments, director Charles Mann, and current (in 1935) U.W. ...
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The Original Cowboy Band

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Description: The Original Cowboy Band poses on the steps of Simmons University in Abeline, Texas. Writing on drum reads: "The Original Cow Boy Band" and writing on bann...
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Margaret Rupp Cooper Playing Harp

Date: 06 14 1945
Description: Margaret Rupp Cooper (Mrs. Earl Cooper) playing a harp. She was a professor of music at the University of Wisconsin and a respected harp teacher. She was...
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Boy Scouts Honor Lincoln

Date: 02 11 1947
Description: Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt...
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Shirley Genther with Muscial Instrument

Date: 01 19 1949
Description: Shirley Genther, instructor in music theory and dance at the University of Wisconsin, with a musical instrument called a double canon, invented and constru...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Indrapal Verma of Aligarh, India, watches Mohammed Hanif Khan of Karachi, Pakistan, attempting to play an Oriental "butterfly," a musical instrument brough...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Ruth Lerdau, of Lima, Peru, playing the guitar at the University of Wisconsin's International Club Ball at the Memorial Union.
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University of Iowa's Scottish Hilanders

Date: 11 13 1949
Description: The University of Iowa's Scottish Hilanders marching band wearing kilts and bear fur hats while standing on the sidelines at Camp Randal Stadium.
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Madison Parochial Schools Band Trombone Section

Date: 02 04 1950
Description: Five boys practice playing trombones in the Madison parochial schools band at Edgewood High School.
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin faculty band led the parade of children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights march i...
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High School Music Clinic at University of Wisconsin

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Robert Blum (second from right) of Evansville plays in the All-State High School Band with other students at the University of Wisconsin high school music ...
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Geoff Cook and Others Playing Guitars

Date: 1970
Description: Geoff Cook, wearing suit jacket, and other unidentified individuals, sit on the ground at library mall playing guitars.
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Geoff Cook and Others Playing Guitars

Date: 1970
Description: Geoff Cook, wearing suit jacket, and other unidentified individuals, sit on library mall playing guitars.
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...
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Two Young Men Playing Musical Instruments

Date: 1894
Description: Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Mr. Rider and Mr. Broughton, sit in their residence at 625 Langdon Street and play musical instruments. Mr. R...
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Central High Band Director and Students

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Central High School band director W.J. Fandrich instructs two student trombone players, Eugene Nelson (left) and Beatrice Newton.
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U.W. International Club Costume Ball

Date: 03 24 1952
Description: William Chipman, a participant at the University of Wisconsin International Club Costume Ball, wearing an authentic Scottish Royal Stuart costume and playi...

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