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Joe Glazer

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Description: Portrait of singer and songwriter, Joe Glazer, holding a guitar.
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Red Arrow Division Veterans Day Party

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: The annual Dane County 32nd Division Red Arrow Veterans Day party was held at the Towne Club. Guests included World War I and World War II division members...
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Scott Lilly

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Description: Scott Lilly, a senior policy adviser to Congressman David R. Obey, who formed the Capitol Offenses, a blue grass band with which Obey also played.
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Emory Bennett and Family

Date: 09 06 1901
Description: Emory Bennett and family posed in front of the Bennett home. A young boy sits in a cart pulled by a dog. A seated man holds a harp guitar and another man s...
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Harmonica Homage

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey and his blue grass band, the Capitol Offenses, performed at many political events. It is no accident that the band chose this spo...
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Girl with Guitar

Date: 1935
Description: Arlene Elmer, 14, poses outside the Farmer's Grove School with a guitar. On the reverse of the photograph is written "This pupil is leader in plays and gam...
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Men Playing Instruments

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Description: View across stage towards two men posing sitting, one playing a guitar and the other a mandolin, with two other men standing nearby. In the background are ...
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Brodhead Mandolin Club

Date: 1896
Description: Group portrait of the Brodhead Mandolin Club. The men are wearing suits and neckties, and all the women wear long white dresses. There are mandolins, as we...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico and their Madison friends gather at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico's Independence Day. Dr. Gustavo del Castillo, phy...
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Blackface Musicians

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American men, posing sitting. The men are wearing blackface make-up, and playing a guitar ...
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Group of People Under a Tree

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of ten people posing sitting and standing in front of a large tree, with houses in the background. One man is holding a guitar, and ...
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The Bards

Date: 05 11 1961
Description: 1962 may have been the start to a musical career for this Madison area vocal and instrumental trio, the Bards. Left to right are: Paul Skalet, Cross Plain...
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Lighting the Capitol Christmas Tree

Date: 12 14 1983
Description: U.S. Representative David Obey, his wife Joan and their son Douglas pose with Connie G. Hicks (with guitar) and U.S. Representative Tom Petri. Between Doug...
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Two Women in a Bedroom

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Description: View across bedroom towards two women sitting together. The woman on the right is holding a guitar. On the left is a dresser with a mirror, and a bed in th...
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Merle Haggard

Date: 07 20 2013
Description: Merle Haggard on guitar at the Southside Oktoberfest Grounds. He is wearing a hat and sunglasses. Another guitarist is on the left.
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International Cudahy Packing Co. Scout

Date: 01 19 1962
Description: International Cudahy Packing Co. Scout. Original caption reads: "Photograph No. MQ-303-- A New International Scout gets into the act with the Cudahy Cowboy...
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Band at Oktoberfest

Date: 07 20 2013
Description: Country/folk/rock band playing and singing, prior to the Merle Haggard and the Strangers performance at the Southside Oktoberfest Grounds. They are wearing...
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Musicians

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Description: Interior portrait of five men and two women posing sitting and standing in a room holding musical instruments and sheet music.
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Barn Raising Dance

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Description: View across large, wooden stage towards two men who are sitting and playing string instruments. Other men, women, and children are standing and sitting on ...
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Playing Guitar

Date: 1940
Description: Emil Hertz sitting on a piano bench strumming a guitar in the Krueger home. Several portraits, a lamp, and two candles are on top of the piano.

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