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Wausau German Choral Society

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Description: Members of the Wausau German Men's Choral Society in Sheboygan, gathered outdoors, relaxing and drinking beer. A banner behind the group says "Wausau Liede...
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Goose Island Ramblers

Date: 1972
Description: The Goose Island Ramblers performing at Johnny's Packers Inn. Their instruments include accordions, guitar, and a fiddle. Tommy McDermott sits in on a but...
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The Hoedowners, A Country Western Trio

Date: 1950
Description: The Hoedowners, a country western trio consisting of Wendell "Wendy" Whitford, fiddleplayer; Donna Jean Lundeberg, piano accordian; and Vern Minor, guitar,...
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Goose Island Ramblers Band

Date: 1960
Description: The Goose Island Ramblers (left to right): George Gilbertsen on fiddle, "Wendy" Whitford on guitar, and Bruce Bollard on jug and piano accordion.
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Harry Edwards and the Midwesterners Poster

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Description: Advertising poster for the band Harry Edwards and the Midwesterners. Text includes "Riding Into Town".
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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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African American Band

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Description: Five African American men with instruments inside a shed or barn: an upside down gutbucket with USA painted on the side, 2 violins, a guitar, and a stand-u...
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Photomontage of Highlander Square Dancing

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Description: Photomontage of musicians playing their instruments, with people square dancing beneath. Ike Church is playing the banjo in the upper right, and J.D. Marlo...
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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.
Poster

The Tom Jones Show Poster

Date: 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a Tom Jones concert, featuring Tom Jones, Pat Henry, The Blossoms, and Jeff Slurges Universe, at the Dane County Coliseum, June 6, 1...
Poster

Ike & Tina Turner Show Poster

Date: 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a concert by Ike and Tina Turner at the Dane County Coliseum, in Madison, Wisconsin, June 26th, 1971. Features a picture of Tina Tur...
Poster

"The Living Sound" Concert Poster

Date: 11 1971
Description: Poster advertisement for a concert by the group "The Living Sound," at 240 West Gilman Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Features a reduced purple and red ill...
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Tomah Indian School Band

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of the Tomah Indian School Band in uniform, holding their instruments.
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...
Postcard

Luell's Orchestra

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Description: Indoor group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Luell's Orchestra consisting of five men. Each member holds an instrument and there are several oth...
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Guy Carawan and Singers

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Description: Folk singer Guy Carawan plays guitar and sings as James Bevel and Bernard Lafayette sing along.
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Packinghouse Singing Caravan

Date: 1949
Description: To foster better farmer-labor union relations, members of United Packinghouse Workers locals 8 and 169 organized a singing caravan that performed at fairs ...
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Hotel Agua Caliente

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Description: View of a band and dancers at Hotel Agua Caliente, opened in 1928 and dedicated by Wayne McAllister in Tijuana, Mexico. Guests sit at dining tables on the ...
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Illustration of Dancers

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Description: Couples are dancing and a man smoking a pipe is sitting in a chair watching. A band plays music on a bandstand in the background.
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The Bloomer Gals

Date: 09 01 1913
Description: Group of women known as The Bloomer Gals singing at a Labor Day picnic. Several children are seated in the foreground. The women are identified as Ida Rath...

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