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Darlene Quinn

Date: 1936
Description: Darlene Quinn, a student at the Kehl School, poses with an accordion.
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Leo Kehl with Group of African Men

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Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin, poses with a group of African men in native attire on an unknown occasion.
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Kehl Dancer with Maracas

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Description: A member of the Kehl family poses in a dance costume holding maracas.
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Semi-Centennial Pow Wow

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at Semi-Centennial Pow Wow. Spectators are in the background, and a canvas is stretched around the clearing to make an enclosure. Buil...
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Pow Wow Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure.
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Lumber Camp Fiddler and Jig Dancer

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Description: Two men in a lumber camp bunkhouse. The man on the right is sitting on a stump playing a fiddle, while the man on the left is dancing.
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Dancers Forming a Circle

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Description: Dancers form a circle while two seated men play a guitar and a mandolin.
Poster

Wisconsin Traveler Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing "Wisconsin Traveler," possibly a musical group. Features a hand-drawn and hand-colored drawing of a fiddle player, a banjo player, and s...
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Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
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Ho-Chunk Men around Drum

Date: 1908
Description: A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou...
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The Bowery Boys Onstage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of The Bowery Boys performing onstage at the Sound Storm music festival. Band members are Ken Heim on organ, Richard Wiegel on guitar, Jeff A...
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Hotel Agua Caliente

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Description: View of a band and dancers at Hotel Agua Caliente, opened in 1928 and dedicated by Wayne McAllister in Tijuana, Mexico. Guests sit at dining tables on the ...
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Washington Mansion

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Description: View of musicians and dancers in front of the Washington Mansion, a wooden home built in 1811 by David Hammond. A band and dancers occupy the front lawn.
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Pierre Sidell with Cymbals

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Description: Pierre Sidell poses with cymbals, with her knee raised high. She is wearing an elaborate costume.
Print

With Many Merry Christmas Greetings, the Brownies' Dance

Date: 1893
Description: Holiday card with six brownies depicting six different nationalities. One brownie is playing a trumpet, and another brownie is playing an upright bass fidd...
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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...
Print

Menominee War Dance

Date: 1842
Description: Menominee war dance, as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited Green Bay, Wisconsin about 1838. This detail...
Print

Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Exterior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Front and back covers, printed in color, of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with a tinted three-quarter view ...
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama Evening Performance

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor standing on stage wearing blackface. He is holding on to a microphone, and is facing towards the left. In the background audience members are ...
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Benny's Basement Band

Date: 07 24 1981
Description: A group of people are dancing as a band on a stage is playing in the background. Caption reads: "Rock fans dance to the music of Benny's Basement Band at F...

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