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Quartet of Brass Horn Players

Date: 03 29 1953
Description: A quartet of horn players, first row David Lewis and William Howard, back row Robert Reuter and Jim Christensen, play for Easter services at Luther Memoria...
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Woman Playing Monochord

Date: 1941
Description: Woman in Norwegian dress playing the monochord.
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Elsie Taschek at Carillon Keyboard

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Elsie Taschek at the keyboard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison carillon. Traditionally the carillon was always played by men before World War II.
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Lowell School Christmas Party

Date: 12 14 1944
Description: Eight girls (on the left side from floor to harp) Ruth Quale, Mary Fess, Patricia Kinney, Elaine Tripalin, (girl in the center) Carlene Stoker, (right side...
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WIBA Radio Broadcast

Date: 04 27 1946
Description: WIBA radio broadcast showing five young people; one playing the piano, one playing a violin, and three reading scripts.
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Armistice Day Ceremony

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen...
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Marquette School Students

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Fourth graders in Mrs. Jerry Frei's class at Marquette school celebrate Mexican studies by writing a play, "Mexican Fiesta," and adopting Spanish names and...
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Old Time Fiddlers

Date: 04 05 1948
Description: Posed with their fiddles are Theodore Rygh, Jr., of Woodford, left - third place finisher, and Herman "Tex" Falkenstein, of Madison, right - second place f...
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Central High School Musicians

Date: 05 20 1948
Description: Central high school musicians pose while rehearsing for a city wide concert by the bands, orchestras and choruses of East, West, Central and Wisconsin high...
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Harps of Harmony

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Harps of Harmony members, shown left to right are: Carole Branley, Virginia Severson, Stanley Stitgen, Margaret Rupp Cooper, and Sybal Hanks, composer of t...
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Knights of Columbus - Zor Shrine Softball Show

Date: 07 04 1948
Description: Group portrait of the Knights of Columbus softball team, and clowns, at the Knights of Columbus - Zor Shrine Softball Show at Breese Stevens Field.
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Mop Heads

Date: 12 26 1948
Description: Top-hatted master of ceremonies, Stanton Stavrum, looks on as Robert Smith, Charles Van Deitz, and Hugh Benidict in mop wigs and dresses, rehearse singing ...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Indrapal Verma of Aligarh, India, watches Mohammed Hanif Khan of Karachi, Pakistan, attempting to play an Oriental "butterfly," a musical instrument brough...
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Park Hotel Employees Party

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Alfred Ellickson and Alfred Randall playing violin and guitar, while Adolph, standing at right, is holding a lighter up to a large cigar held in the guitar...
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Madison Parochial Schools Band Trombone Section

Date: 02 04 1950
Description: Five boys practice playing trombones in the Madison parochial schools band at Edgewood High School.
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Three High School Boys Performing in a Minstrel

Date: 03 22 1950
Description: Claude Burdick, Dave Vogel, and Lowell Froker (left to right) of Wisconsin High School practice for the "cake walk" portion of the school's old-fashioned m...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin faculty band led the parade of children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights march i...
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High School Music Clinic at University of Wisconsin

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Robert Blum (second from right) of Evansville plays in the All-State High School Band with other students at the University of Wisconsin high school music ...
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Ukulele Concert

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of participants in the ukulele concert that was part of the "open house" of the Shorewood Hills summer children's recreation program. Pictur...
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Madison VFW Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 10 13 1950
Description: Group portrait of some of the drummers of Madison VFW Drum and Bugle Corps. They are, back row, Bob Paul, C.R. Starr, Don Amacher, Phil Lottes, Duane Eric...

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