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| Date: | 02 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Minnie Owens, daughter of pioneer settler Nathaniel Owens, posing with a stringed instrument. She performed in Kentucky Juvenile Minstrels. |
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| Description: | Five African American men with instruments inside a shed or barn: an upside down gutbucket with USA painted on the side, 2 violins, a guitar, and a stand-u... |
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| Description: | Three women and two men playing instruments and singing in a parlor. Man plays a bass, while a woman plays a guitar. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A driver sitting in the cab of an International piano delivery truck for Brown's Store. In the back of the truck are two large wooden crates, one presumabl... |
| Date: | 03 22 1947 |
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| Description: | Peggy King, standing with trumpet, and her orchestra, eight women on stage with instruments and music stands. They played for the Dane County Red Cross da... |
| Date: | 03 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Fanny (Mrs. William) Steve, at the piano, and children playing instruments in WHA radio studio. Mrs. Steve was part of the program staff of the School of t... |
| Date: | 05 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Policemens Protective Association dinner with men seated at a table. A band, Sunny Brown's Orchestra, is playing in the background. |
| Date: | 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Philleo Nash (playing the guitar), Presidential adviser on Minority Affairs, entertains President Harry Truman (in the sunglasses), with folk songs during ... |
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| Description: | Three men, two of them standing with string instruments and the other seated. |
| Date: | 07 09 1977 |
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| Description: | Bedroom featuring an octagonal bed with a guitar in the foreground. |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Georgie (played by Gertrude Lawrence), clutching sheet music, leans in close to Zisi who holds an accordion (Charles Ruggles) in a scene from the Paramount... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of boy in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing with his arm resting on an accordion placed on a table. |
| Date: | 07 1886 |
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| Description: | Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman sitting in a chair holding a violin on her knee. She is holding the bow in her other hand. She we... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of woman posing with her violin and bow. She wears a large white bow in her hair. |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the mor... |
| Date: | 02 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Fourth graders in Mrs. Jerry Frei's class at Marquette school celebrate Mexican studies by writing a play, "Mexican Fiesta," and adopting Spanish names and... |
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