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Pawnshop, East Village

Date: 1968
Description: The front of a pawnshop in the East Village showing windows full of merchandise such as guitars and watches above large signs which proclaim, "Loans." A c...
Photograph

Lewis Arms with a Guitar

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis Arms sits on the trunk of a 1949 convertible (DeSoto?) automobile, strumming a guitar.
Photograph

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...
Postcard

Busy Road near Blanchardville

Date: 
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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Poster

"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 ...
Photograph

Catfish Stephenson

Date: 
Description: Blues musician Catfish Stephenson performing with friends on State Street.
Photograph

Janet Sauk and Lewis Arms

Date: 1961
Description: A group of friends relaxing together on Williamson Street. A woman is leaning against a Volkswagon Beetle automobile with a guitar strapped over her should...
Photograph

Hispanic Community Concert

Date: 1973
Description: Musicians in the foreground are performing before a crowd at a Hispanic Community concert in Milwaukee.
Photograph

Plaza Tavern and Ward-Brodt Music Company

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Henry Street towards a building containing the Plaza Tavern and Ward-Brodt Music Co., with show windows displaying guitars and sound equi...
Photograph

Patti Music

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards a three-story sandstone building. The ground floor is Patti Music, and the upper two floors are apartments. Guitars are on...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1986
Description: Brochure advertising the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair with cartoon images of a cow, a wheel of cheese, Ferris Wheel, musicians, and children with pie and crea...

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