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Weber Family Studio Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of Chet and Ella Weber, and Holly Weber sitting around a table and looking at stereograph cards. There is a guitar leaning against the wall...
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International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family enjoying a campfire near their Travelall 1010 truck and Mallard camper. The father of the family strums his guitar...
Book or Pamphlet

International Travelall Tow Wagons

Date: 1971
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Travelall tow wagons with the slogan: "Get away from it all." Features color photograph of a campi...
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Highlander Student Workshop

Date: 05 1960
Description: Music being played at a Highlander Folk School student workshop. John Lewis in back, extreme left; James Bevel, kneeling, left (in front of John); Candie A...
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"Jammin with the People"

Date: 1971
Description: Pete Seeger, performing for a group of Vietnam War protesters in Texas, probably near Fort Hood.
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Steel Guitar Ace

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Description: Jack Penewell of Madison, originator of the twelve string Hawaiian guitar (or so his business card says), with another musician tentatively identified as T...
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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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Lorbieke-Onernek Wedding

Date: 1916
Description: Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil...
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Interior Stage of Alladin, Hayward's Smart Nite Club

Date: 1931
Description: Interior view of Alladin, Hayward's Smart Nite Club showing musical instruments on the stage. Instruments include, from left to right, a drum set, saxophon...
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Capital Offenses

Date: 1986
Description: Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and a Woman Playing Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl...
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People Posing Under Awning

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Description: Men and women are posing standing and sitting under a rough awning. They are sitting in chairs and a hammock near a table in the woods. A few people are we...
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Playing Instruments in a Parlor

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Description: Two men and a woman are posing sitting in a parlor and holding musical instruments. The woman is sitting on the right in front of a piano playing a banjo. ...
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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...
Postcard

Busy Road near Blanchardville

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Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of a busy road near Blanchardville. Men are driving a wagon hitched to eight horses, and people are standing in the roa...
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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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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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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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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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