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Composite of the 15th Army Corps Band

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Description: Composite of tintype portrait plates of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band.
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General Blunt's Headquarter Band

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Description: General Blunt's Headquarter Band, members of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry who were massacred and burnt by the guerilla Quantrell at Baxter Springs, Kansas.
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The Original Cowboy Band

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Description: The Original Cowboy Band poses on the steps of Simmons University in Abeline, Texas. Writing on drum reads: "The Original Cow Boy Band" and writing on bann...
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Clear Lake High School Band in front of School

Date: 1930
Description: The band poses for a group portrait, most likely in front of a school building; the boys are dressed in uniform and are holding their instruments. Gaylord ...
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Tomah Indian School Band

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of the Tomah Indian School Band in uniform, holding their instruments.
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New York State Reformatory

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Description: A view of a dress parade, with the men wearing military-like uniforms. They men are lined up in orderly rows in a field house. Caption reads: "Dress Parad...
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Round-up on C.O.D. Ranch

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Description: View of a round-up on C.O.D. Ranch. In the foreground, cowboys gather around a chuck wagon labeled, "L.N.Y. or K.C.O.D." The members of the Dodge City Band...
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The Original Dodge City Cowboy Band

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Description: Group portrait of the members of the original Dodge City Cowboy Band, organized 1881-1882. Band members hold musical instruments, and a banner stands behin...
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Board of Trade Band

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Description: Group portrait of the Board of Trade Band. The members of the band hold instruments and stand on the sidewalk in front of a storefront.
Postcard

Circus Performers in Front of the Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1908
Description: Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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It's Those Johnson Boys

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Description: The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin.
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Serenaders

Date: 1923
Description: The Serenaders, a dance band based in Kiel. The drum indicates that the band was headed by Si Mahlberg.
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Milwaukee Turners Drum Corps

Date: 1898
Description: The ten members of the Drum Corps of the Milwaukee Turners posed in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in band uniforms with hats and are holdin...
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Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin

Date: 1997
Description: Visitors at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin.
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Racine Kiltie Drum & Bugle Corps

Date: 1963
Description: A group portrait of the Racine Kiltie Drum & Bugle Corps. They are all posed with their instruments and wearing their uniforms. The uniforms have a Scottis...
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Honor Among Thieves

Date: 07 22 1988
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Honor Among Thieves, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From right to left are Pat Dieter, Doug DeRosa, Joe...
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Marques Bovre and the Evil Twins

Date: 1990
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members of Marques Bovre & the Evil Twins, a Madison, Wisconsin band. From left to right are Eric Dummer, Marques Bov...
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Pachinko

Date: 05 04 2000
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Pachinko, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Mike Henry, Brian Bresch, Greg Norman a...
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Poopshovel

Date: 10 10 1991
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Poopshovel, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Rich Whitaker, Bill Crawford, Dave Ko...
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Waupun State Prison Band

Date: 1898
Description: String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello...

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