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United Bavarian Society Winter Festival Concert

Date: 02 10 1957
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 ...
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Milwaukee Pops Orchestra Harp Auditions

Date: 08 05 1956
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...
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Tommy Sheridan Jazz Demonstration

Date: 01 20 1958
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...
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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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Rockford Bagpipe Band at Annual Robert Burns Dinner

Date: 01 29 1956
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:...
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Patrolman Raymond Morawetz Performs with Milwaukee Pops

Date: 02 21 1957
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...
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Elmer Hunholz Rebuilds Player Piano

Date: 06 12 1959
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...
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Fred Lewis

Date: 08 27 1961
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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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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Rolf Persinger

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: A man is playing a violin at the front of a classroom of students. Caption reads: "Rolf Persinger of the Chicago symphony orchestra worked Thursday with mu...
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Lillian Carpenter as Mignon

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Lillian Carpenter, in costume as Mignon from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (Wil...

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