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| Date: | 07 24 1981 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man is smiling and looking at a jazz trumpeter, of whom only his hands and trumpet can be seen. Caption reads: "Morris Gray, 11, of 2801 N. 11th St... |
| Date: | 12 10 1982 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 02 26 1957 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 10 25 1967 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 09 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 12 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 24 1962 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 06 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 24 1954 |
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| 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 |
| Date: | 02 25 1956 |
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| Description: | Three people clapping and smiling near a man playing a guitar. Caption reads: "Railroad fans clapped to the rocking rhythm of a guitar player on a s... |
| Date: | 02 10 1957 |
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| Description: | A man playing a two-necked contraguitar while another man is playing a zither. Caption reads: "A bass guitar and zither were played by Hans Glieber ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1956 |
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| Description: | Two women playing harps. Caption reads: "Auditions for the new Milwaukee Pops orchestra were held Saturday at Radio City. Miss Carol Dahm (front), 2... |
| Date: | 01 20 1958 |
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| Description: | A man playing the piano while children around him are clapping their hands. Caption reads: "Clapping out the beat, children helped Tommy Sheridan, a... |
| Date: | 05 06 1962 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 29 1956 |
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| Description: | A man is carrying a tray with two candlesticks and haggis. Three other men are following wearing uniforms, and two men are playing bagpipes. Caption reads:... |
| Date: | 02 21 1957 |
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| Description: | A uniformed policeman is blowing a whistle and holding two revolvers, next to a man playing a bass drum. Caption reads: "Some of the sound effects f... |
| Date: | 06 12 1959 |
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| Description: | A man is using a screwdriver on a machine part of a player piano. Caption reads: "Rebuilding old player pianos keeps Elmer K. Hunholz busy now that the foo... |
| Date: | 08 27 1961 |
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| Description: | A man playing bagpipes on the deck of a boat. Caption reads: "When the big sailboat fleet docks at a Lake Michigan port after a race, startled salts... |
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