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Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait of the Bennett family posing around a bowl of popcorn. They are sitting in an alcove with the pocket doors open, and three stringed instr...
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Orchestra in Pit

Date: 03 25 1932
Description: Orchestra sitting under an awning at the Chanticleer ballroom.
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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Joseph and Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1888
Description: Professor Joseph Jastrow reading, and Rachel Jastrow playing guitar in a room on the top floor of Ladies' Hall (later Chadbourne Hall, razed 1957), in Madi...
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Room at Rockford College

Date: 1889
Description: A room at Rockford College with a table and chair, and several stringed instruments.
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1970's Era Bedroom

Date: 07 09 1977
Description: Bedroom featuring an octagonal bed with a guitar in the foreground.
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Woman Playing Piano

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Description: A young woman (Grace) plays music while seated at the piano.
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Ada Meinhardt Residence

Date: 1895
Description: An interior view of the Ada Meinhardt residence. There is an elaborate stairway with several musical instruments displayed below.
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Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
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Parlor in the Bass House

Date: 1897
Description: The parlor in the home of Dr. Edward Bass showing a parlor organ near a window, and other furnishings.
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Music Stand at Taliesin

Date: 08 1957
Description: Music stand, chairs, piano, and cello or string bass in the living room of Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vic...
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Living Room at Taliesin

Date: 1957
Description: Fireplace wall in living room at Taliesin, the summer home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. A Wright designed music stand and table are in front of the fir...
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Taliesin Living Room

Date: 1957
Description: Fireplace wall in the living room of Taliesin, the summer home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Included in the image are a Wright designed music stand and...
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Group in Front of Tropical Backdrop

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Description: Robert and Angie Vail, Mary Jo Vonier, and Alice Bedard pose in front of a tropical backdrop wearing leis. A bass drum sits on a couch next to them.
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Party Portrait

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Description: A group portrait of a home party. Several of the individuals hold musical instruments.
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Two Young Men Playing Musical Instruments

Date: 1894
Description: Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Mr. Rider and Mr. Broughton, sit in their residence at 625 Langdon Street and play musical instruments. Mr. R...
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A Nun Playing a Lute-Like Instrument

Date: 1898
Description: A nun stands near a piano and plays a lute-like instrument in a house on West Washington Avenue.
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Van Cortlandt House Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of the drawing room at the Van Cortlandt house which features bay windows with built in benches, ornately carved furniture, a harpsichord in ...
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Meeting Room of the Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Description: Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of the ...
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Knute Reindahl Painting with Violin

Date: 06 23 1962
Description: Corner of room with a painting of Knute Reindahl, a violin, a candlestick and an ornate mirror, taken at Reindahl's home.

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