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Ole Bull

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Description: Portrait of Ole Bull in a suit holding a violin, poised to play.
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I.O.O.F. Band

Date: 02 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) band, taken at the Odd Fellows Lodge, 308 W. Mifflin Street. Text on back of print reads:...
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Tony Salerno's Band

Date: 08 23 1932
Description: Anthony "Tony" Salerno's Gypsy Melodians at WIBA radio station standing around a piano. Tony is holding his violin, the other Melodians are standing around...
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ...
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African American Tenant Farmers at Barbecue

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing...
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H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and group of men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
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Ole Bull

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Description: World-renowned Norwegian violinist Ole Bull shown here with his violin under his arm. Bull was good friends with University of Wisconsin Professor Rasmus A...
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Ole Bull

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Description: Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow.
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Armond Huseboe Orchestra

Date: 04 08 1944
Description: Armond Huseboe holding his saxophone and standing on the bandstand in front of his band of five musicians with their instruments.
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Armond Huseboe Orchestra

Date: 04 08 1944
Description: Six musicians, four standing and two seated, of the Armond Huseboe orchestra.
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Schneider Family with Musical Instruments

Date: 03 24 1944
Description: Melvin and Naomi Schneider and their five children with musical instruments. Photograph was taken for the Wisconsin School of Music.
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Milwaukee Railroad Service Club

Date: 09 24 1939
Description: Group portrait of Milwaukee Railroad Service Club convention in Crystal Ballroom of Loraine Hotel. A group people are in front posing with musical instrume...
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Madison Civic Orchestra

Date: 12 1937
Description: Elevated view of the Madison Civic Orchestra on stage in the Masonic Temple in concert dress with instruments.
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Art Fields Orchestra

Date: 11 27 1937
Description: Group portrait of eight men in formal dress, the Art Fields orchestra. One man (Art Fields?) is holding a trumpet.
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University of Wisconsin Band Reunion

Date: 06 21 1935
Description: A reunion of eight members of the 1915 University of Wisconsin world's fair band with their instruments, director Charles Mann, and current (in 1935) U.W. ...
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Tony Salerno and his Gypsy Melodians

Date: 02 27 1934
Description: Tony Salerno and his Gypsy Melodians, six musicians. Tony Salerno, leader, is standing with instruments at the WIBA studio.
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George Friedrich Plays the Melodian

Date: 11 09 1933
Description: George J. Friedrich, floor manager at the Burdick & Murray Co., playing a Melodian at the Bullard house, 1154 E. Mifflin Street.
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Clarence Fehling's Old Timer's Orchestra

Date: 05 22 1933
Description: Group portrait of musicians and their instruments in Clarence Fehling's Old Timer's Orchestra, which will play for a benefit dance at East High School for ...
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Minstrel Show Actors

Date: 02 28 1933
Description: Minstrel show actors, sitting on stage, in costume and blackface with a small orchestra sitting below, at Luther Memorial Church, 1023 University Avenue.
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Howard Metzger's Orchestra

Date: 01 09 1933
Description: Howard Metzger leading the Howard Metzger's recording orchestra who are sitting on a stage behind music stands, holding instruments. The stage is decorated...

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