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Lone Cowboy

Date: 01 28 1936
Description: A man dressed as a cowboy is sitting and holding a guitar in front of a microphone in W.I.B.A. studios, 111 King Street, Room 28.
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Harry Dyer

Date: 08 06 1941
Description: Harry Dyer (b. 1864), a former logger and Mississippi riverman who recorded with song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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"White Lightning" Concert Poster

Date: 03 1971
Description: Concert poster for "White Lightning" at Snoopy's in Madison, Wisconsin, March 23-24, 1971.
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Lowell School Russian Dancers

Date: 01 07 1949
Description: Lowell School students staged a demonstration of "Music and Dance" for educators attending the Mid-Winter music clinic at the University of Wisconsin. Four...
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Members of Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: The warming room with its corner snack bar and music area at the Madison Figure Skating Club's new indoor skating arena at Truax Field. Jane Spencer, daug...
Poster

Wisconsin Traveler Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing "Wisconsin Traveler," possibly a musical group. Features a hand-drawn and hand-colored drawing of a fiddle player, a banjo player, and s...
Drawing

Blue Funkshun at the Nitty Gritty

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Description: Poster advertising a set of performances by musical group Blue Funkshun. Features a hand-drawn illustration of a man with a guitar case smoking a cigarett...
Poster

Anti-U.S. Military Ball

Date: 01 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising an Anti-U.S. Military Ball, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union. Features a woman with a gun slung over her sho...
Photograph

Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Three members of the Madison Civic Music Association board standing near a building entrance. They are: Helen Marting Supernaw, Mrs. Donald W. (Florence) A...
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...
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Women's Civic Music Association

Date: 06 07 1956
Description: Group portrait of officers of the new Women's Committee of the Madison Civic Music Association. Standing left to right: Viola A. Ward, Viola O. Fenske and ...
Photograph

Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 05 07 1956
Description: Two officers of the new Woman's Committee of the Madison Civic Music Association. Left to right: Elizabeth Berst, corresponding secretary, and Dorothy Saw...
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Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 06 07 1956
Description: Three officers of the new Women's Committee of the Madison Civic Music Association standing in a stairwell in the Boltz home. Left to right: Evelyn Steenbo...
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Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 06 07 1956
Description: Mrs. Antone Falletti of Evansville, Indiana (left), board member of the American Symphony Orchestra League, sitting at the Bolz home alongside her hostess,...
Photograph

Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 06 07 1956
Description: Guests at the organizational tea of the Woman's Committee of the Madison Civic Association included, from left: Lois Mayer, Rosalie Mayer, Sarah Jamieson, ...
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Spooner Performs at Headliners

Date: 1982
Description: The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar...
Photograph

Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Isabel Hughes, Alice Kirkpatrick, Jeanette Thomas and Mrs. B.D. Craig visiting before the seventh Sigma Alpha Iota benefit musicale and tea. The event was ...
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Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Guests Mrs. Alfred Stamm (left) and Barbara Bennett are welcomed by faculty patronesses Mary Justice and Fern Kirkpatrick during the Rho chapter of Sigma A...
Photograph

Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Charlotte Burr (left) and Margaret Wilber, standing, inspecting the musical program for the Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale. Seated is Nancy Becknell, an...
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Solidarity

Date: 08 2013
Description: A group of men and women gathered outdoors to protest the restriction of civil rights at the Wisconsin State Capitol at noontime. Three people are playing ...

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