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Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Sara Sound Productions

Date: 1965
Description: James Kirchstein, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station chief engineer and originator, inside his recording company, Sara Sound Productions, Inc. WVLR...
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ...
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Ultimate Hi-Fi System

Date: 08 12 1958
Description: Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums.
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WIBU Radio Station Main Studio

Date: 06 21 1944
Description: View of the main studio of WIBU Radio Station, 114 North Carroll Street, (Commercial State Bank Building), including one man at the microphone and one man ...
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Edgewood High School Glee Club

Date: 12 16 1942
Description: Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue, Glee Club performing, on stage.
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Drummer Playing Drum Set

Date: 01 29 1937
Description: Man playing drum set in a photographic studio.
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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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George Friedrich Plays the Melodian

Date: 11 09 1933
Description: George J. Friedrich, floor manager at the Burdick & Murray Co., playing a Melodian at the Bullard house, 1154 E. Mifflin Street.
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Sims and Bailey at WIBA

Date: 03 23 1932
Description: Lee Sims, piano player, and Ilo Mae Bailey, singer, at WIBA radio, NBC studios.
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Man Playing Kimball Theatre Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Man playing Kimball organ at the Orpheum Theatre.
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Maestro Leads the Orchestra

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Description: Members of the orchestra look closely at the conductor as he leads them in the performance of a piece of music.
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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John Ciezczak

Date: 08 11 1941
Description: John Ciezczak (b.1885?), a Polish watchmaker, who sang songs in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Kasshubian for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is...
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Joe Yanksy, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yansky (Bohemian), a one-man band with an accordion and drums.
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Joe Yansky, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums.
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Emil Boulanger

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Fiddle player Emil Boulanger played for dances since he was a boy. He played entirely by ear, and on a violin which he made himself. He was born in Dyckesv...
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Belgian-American Performers

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Belgian-American Singer

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Asher Treat

Date: 1940
Description: Asher Treat, collector of Appalachian folk songs, which were transplanted to northern Wisconsin (Crandon vicinity) by the "Kaintucks" (people from Kentucky...

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