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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show are performing in the middle of Breese Stevens Field. The stadium lights...
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Music Rings Out from Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Conductor Milburn Carey from Enid, Oklahoma, is conducting the youth orchestra at the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic. Seen through a doorway, ...
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Singing and Clapping

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman in a flowered dress is singing and clapping at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir...
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Granny Cowdin

Date: 11 19 1958
Description: Mary B. Cowdin is in her apartment playing her piano and joined by her son-in-law, Ralf Metz, who is playing a violin, and her grandsons Scott, 12, and All...
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Employee Christmas Party at Madison City-County Building

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Employee Christmas Party at the City-County Building. A group of men are shown entertaining and playing musical instruments.
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Max Roach Quintet

Date: 02 26 1957
Description: Three musicians are on a stage; an audience is in the background. One man in the foreground is playing the drums, another man is playing a tenor saxophone,...
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Madison Barbershop Quartet Singers Make Donation to the Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: Madison barbershop quartet singers make a $350.00 donation to the Empty Stocking Club. The amount represents one half of the proceeds from the group's "Qua...
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Youth Harpists Play at the Catholic Women's Club St. Patrick's Day Program

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: Four young harpists practice for the Madison Catholic Women's Club St. Patrick's Day program. Shown (L-R) are Renee Miller, Patricia Hippee, Diane Loeffler...
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Church Music on Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1916
Description: Arch McClure, on the left, is Holding a book and standing behind the home-made wooden podium that is decorated with flowers. A group of musicians is playin...
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Musical Men in Blue

Date: 10 25 1967
Description: Two uniformed police officers stand in front of microphones, one holding a guitar and one holding an accordion. One officer's shoulder has a badge that say...
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Upbeat

Date: 1977
Description: A young woman conducting a music group at a concert. Musicians are in the foreground, and in the background is an audience.
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Duke Ellington at the Piano

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: Duke Ellington at the piano during a performance with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The bassist is likely Joe Benjamin, and the drummer is Louie Bellson. O...
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Concert at Milwaukee Art Institute

Date: 09 24 1954
Description: Three performers are on stage together: a man playing a clarinet, a woman singing, and a man playing a piano. Caption reads: "A concert trio performed
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Young Women's Ukulele Orchestra

Date: 11 30 1925
Description: Group portrait of 24 women and one man sitting and holding ukuleles. Caption reads: "Young women's ukulele orchestra at French Battery and Carbon Co. party...
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Jimmie Noone Orchestra

Date: 1941
Description: Three men and one woman playing instruments in a band. Framed photographs are hanging behind them. Caption reads: "Jimmy [sic] Noone (Negro) orchestra, ca....
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Wisconsin Farm Bureau Orchestra on Bus

Date: 1930
Description: 22 men and 22 women posing in and around a bus, which has a sign on the side that reads: "Mitchell Co. Farm Bureau Orchestra, Bruce Lybarger, Director. Osa...
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Alpenklaenge Zither Club Concert Rehearsal

Date: 05 06 1962
Description: Six men playing zithers. Caption reads: "Members of the Alpenklaenge Zither club are a picture of concentration as they rehearse for their 20th spring conc...
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New Music Quartet in Milwaukee

Date: 12 04 1955
Description: Four men are holding string instruments, while several children are looking on. Caption reads: "A quartet of New York musicians who played Saturday ...

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