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Two Clarinets

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Description: Two "Small A flat" clarinets from the Austrian Army. One is a Boxwood Low Pitch and one Ebony High Pitch.
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Man with Civil War Horns

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Description: A man posing outdoors with musical horns, with notations: "E flat bass, B flat Baritone, B flat Tenor, E flat Alto, B flat Cornet, E flat 'Butterfly' Corne...
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Man Playing a 'Butterfly' Cornet

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Description: A man standing outdoors and playing a E flat 'Butterfly' cornet. Next to him is a table with two bugles on it.
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Harv Cox and his Montana Cowboys

Date: 1931
Description: Band photograph of the five members of Harv Cox and his Montana Cowboys. The men are dressed in western wear, including cowboy hats, and are posing with th...
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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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"Hawaiian Group" Four-Piece Country Band

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Description: "Hawaiian Group," a four-piece country band made up of (left to right): Martin Angus, Al Flansberg, Jack Pennywell, and George Gilbertson. Their instrumen...
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Alvin "Scotty" Hogan With Musical Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait of musician Alvin "Scotty" Hogan posing with an upright bass guitar, a guitar, a banjo, a mandolin, a lap steel guitar, and a jug.
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Union Army Musician

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Description: Full-length standing portrait of an Union army musician of an artillery battery.
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2nd Wisconsin Infantry Band

Date: 1861
Description: The brass band of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. In the past, the leader in the picture was identified as Hazard W. Titus, but it is likely that this photogr...
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General Blunt's Headquarter Band

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Description: General Blunt's Headquarter Band, members of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry who were massacred and burnt by the guerilla Quantrell at Baxter Springs, Kansas.
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Racine Civil War Veterans

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Description: "Civil War Day Pictures of Racine Veterans." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits of veterans of the Civil War, consisting of 100 Union sol...
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Honey Bunch Orchestra

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Description: Four children with their musical instruments. Writing on the picture says "Honey Bunch Orchestra".
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Menominee Indian Band

Date: 1948
Description: Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the morn...
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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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Graham Residence

Date: 1910
Description: View of the music room in the residence of Frederick Graham.
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Les Paul

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Description: Studio portrait of Les Paul with a guitar.
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Iva and Otto Rindlisbacher

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of Iva and Otto Rindlisbacher standing with various musical instruments. Otto is in Swiss costume.
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Minnie Owens with a Stringed Instrument

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Description: Portrait of Minnie Owens, daughter of pioneer settler Nathaniel Owens, posing with a stringed instrument. She performed in Kentucky Juvenile Minstrels.

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