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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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Bloch in Dress with Ukulele

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Description: Robert Bloch wearing a dress, a blonde wig, eyeglasses and a feathered hat, strums a ukulele while holding a cigarette and sticking his tongue out. On the ...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers, while the drummer is set up ...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers while the drummer is set up o...
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Norman Ebron Band

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: Norman Ebron Band, members of American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play stand-up bass, coronet, clarinet and piano in front of a white a...
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Norman Ebron Band

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: The Norman Ebron Band, members of the American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play coronet, saxophone, piano, drums and standup bass in a d...
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Stanley and the Original Revelers

Date: 02 19 1938
Description: Portrait of Stanley and the Original Revelers, a five-piece band. The men are all dressed in white coats with dark collars and bow ties. Four of the musici...
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Milwaukee Turners Drum Corps

Date: 1898
Description: The ten members of the Drum Corps of the Milwaukee Turners posed in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in band uniforms with hats and are holdin...
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Ladies Drum Corps, Milwaukee Turners

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Description: Women members and their Director of the Ladies Drum Corps posed in uniform with their instruments. Text on the bass drum, "Ladies Drum Corps, Turn Verein M...
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Group Portrait of Musical Trio

Date: 1875
Description: Ferrotype studio portrait of a musical trio in front of a painted backdrop. One man on the right sits holding a guitar, a man stands in the middle holding ...
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Benny's Basement Band

Date: 07 24 1981
Description: A group of people are dancing as a band on a stage is playing in the background. Caption reads: "Rock fans dance to the music of Benny's Basement Band at F...
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Marcelli's Sleigh Riders Charity Concert

Date: 12 10 1982
Description: Twelve band members are posing on stage together. Caption reads: :This Monday at Teddy's, 1434 Farwell Ave., the Sleigh Riders will make their first, and p...
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Duet

Date: 1934
Description: Philip George Brumder, sitting on the end of a piano bench, reads from sheet music on a stand and plays a cornet while his mother, Margaret Bouer Brumder, ...
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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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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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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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Dr. Louis Kretchmar Plays the Timpani

Date: 09 12 1957
Description: A man is using two mallets on a drum while looking over at a music stand. Caption reads: "A timpani player rehearsed with the Jewish Community Cente...
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Robert Bealmear Plays the Drums

Date: 02 24 1962
Description: View of a young man, surrounded by drums in the foreground. Caption reads: "A Whitefish Bay youth, Robert Bealmear, of 5324 N. Kent av., beat the dr...
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Anton Brees at the Carillon Keys

Date: 11 06 1957
Description: A man is playing a small double keyboard, from which tubes are extending. Behind him are large windows looking out towards a street scene. Across the stree...
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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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