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Spooner

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Description: Promotional photograph of the band Spooner. From left: Butch Vig holding a Miller Beer bottle, Dave Benton with a guitar, Jeff Waler, Doug Erickson ...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers, while the drummer is set up ...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers while the drummer is set up o...
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Three Piece Orchestra Aboard Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: Men in a three piece orchestra, consisting of a guitar, a violin, and a glass jug, posing for a photograph aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa ...
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Lina Cavalieri in Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Leonora (played by Lina Cavalieri) is the daughter of a poor Italian lacemaker in this scene still from "A Woman of Impulse." She strums a guitar in an imp...
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"Orfeu Negro" (Black Orpheus) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: German film poster for the French-Brazilian film, "Orfeu Negro." Two figures from the waist-up, one wearing pink and one wearing red, standing and facing o...
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"Unter Menschen" (On My Own) Film Poster

Date: 1956
Description: German film poster for re-release of the Russian film, "V lyudyakh." Illustrated image from the back of a man wearing a hat and coat. He is sitting with hi...
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"Gorkis Kindheit" (The Childhood of Maxim Gorky) Film Poster

Date: 1956
Description: German film poster for the Russian film, "Detstvo Gorkogo." Illustrated image from the back of a man wearing a hat and coat. He is sitting with his feet up...
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"Los muchachos de mi barrio" (The Boys from My Hood) Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of a man standing with one foot raised and resting on a post. Behind him a young woman stands holding a book, and ...
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"Mi primera novia" (My First Girlfriend) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Argentine film poster. Large, illustrated image of a man's head floating at the top with other smaller figures surrounding him. A band is playing on the le...
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Tom Wopat

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Tom Wopat, taken for the television show Prime Time Country. He is standing and has his left hand on the top of a g...
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Townes Van Zandt

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Description: Townes Van Zandt (left) playing guitar and singing at Bunky's. Owen Cody is playing violin with Van Zandt.
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Cafe Scene from "Blockade"

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Description: The crew for the 1938 film "Blockade" are filming a scene in a cafe set. The movie camera is on a crane over a crowd of extras.
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From Below the Border

Date: 11 05 1970
Description: Two young men are standing among a group of children. Many are wearing sombreros. One of the adults is playing a guitar. Caption reads: "FROM BELOW THE ...
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Musical Men in Blue

Date: 10 25 1967
Description: Two uniformed police officers stand in front of microphones, one holding a guitar and one holding an accordion. One officer's shoulder has a badge that say...

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