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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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Lone Cowboy

Date: 06 25 1936
Description: Man dressed as a cowboy playing a guitar and singing in front of WIBA microphone.
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Accordion and Guitar Players

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: Man playing accordion and man playing guitar at the Town Club Tavern, located at 2501 Sherman Avenue.
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Tony Salerno's Gypsy Melodians

Date: 08 23 1932
Description: Anthony "Tony" Salerno's Gypsy Melodians posing at WIBA studios. Tony is leaning against the piano with his violin. Other Melodians are Otto Heinz, piano; ...
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Female Singers at WISJ

Date: 12 30 1930
Description: Bessie and Bata Kappelle singing at WISJ radio station in front of microphone with Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson. The woman on the left is holding a ukulele. Th...
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Olson & Johnson at WISJ

Date: 12 14 1930
Description: Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson at WISJ radio station in front of microphone, with one of them holding a violin. John Sharnberg, manager of Orpheum Theatre is sta...
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WIBA "Harvesters" Orchestra

Date: 12 09 1930
Description: WIBA's "Harvesters" orchestra, wearing tuxedos, gathers for a group portrait behind two grand pianos at the WIBA studios.
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Musicians at IH Farm Power Revue

Date: 09 1957
Description: Group of musicians performing at International Harvester's 1957-1958 Farm Power Revue exhibit at the World's Conservation Exposition and Plowing Contests, ...
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John Ciezczak

Date: 08 11 1941
Description: John Ciezczak (b.1885?), a Polish watchmaker, who sang songs in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Kasshubian for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is...
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Ho-Chunk Performers

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village.
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Roi Clearwater with Drum and Flute

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Roi Clearwater, (Ottawa/Chippewa Indian), singer of Ottawa Indian songs, of Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
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Goose Island Ramblers Band

Date: 1960
Description: The Goose Island Ramblers (left to right): George Gilbertsen on fiddle, "Wendy" Whitford on guitar, and Bruce Bollard on jug and piano accordion.
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WHA Studio

Date: 02 26 1945
Description: WHA studio, with two women and two men posing around a microphone. The woman to the immediate left of the microphone has been identified as Dorothy Shinsti...
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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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Musical Group at Louisiana State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A musical group comprised of men playing guitars, fiddles, an accordion, and a string bass perform on stage at the Louisiana State Fair.
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Horse Track at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A KRNT radio broadcaster sitting on a platform above a horse track at the Iowa State Fair as another man on the right is filming the race for television. A...
Poster

"The Living Sound" Concert Poster

Date: 11 1971
Description: Poster advertisement for a concert by the group "The Living Sound," at 240 West Gilman Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Features a reduced purple and red ill...
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Les Hartmann and his McCormick-Deering Band

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: Les Hartmann and his McCormick-Deering Band at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. Eight men and three women are on a stage, presumably ready to perform fo...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Drummer

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A conga player, possibly Plato Jones, is visible o...
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Baby Huey on Stage with Drums

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey standing barefoot on stage wearing an open green shirt on top of coveralls. A drum set and cymbals are visible on the right si...

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