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Musician Elmer Ziegler

Date: 09 25 1952
Description: Elmer Ziegler was a musical arranger, conductor, composer, publisher, multi-instrumentalist, instrument repairman, teacher and music store operator. He is ...
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Santa Claus Playing the Piano

Date: 1949
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus playing a piano. The background is black with a red border, and musical notes of various colors as well as the names of numer...
Print

Cheers

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Description: Holiday card with an African American woman dancing with Santa Claus. She is wearing a green mini-dress with a belt, and red go-go boots. A phonograph and ...
Drawing

Singing Group

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of four men singing in a group, posed in front of a music stand. There is a large music note in the background.
Poster

Amadeus Lobby Card

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Description: Small color lobby card (number 5) for the film Amadeus. Tom Hulce, as Amadeus, works on a score on a billiard table. There are pages of the score sc...
Photograph

Shirley Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie

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Description: Dizzy Gillespie looking at Shirley Clarke, sitting on the left with a contemplative look on her face, during a recording session for the film "The Cool Wor...
Photograph

By the Sweet By and By

Date: 05 2014
Description: Close-up of a grand piano and old sheets of music in the historical house of the musician Joseph P. Webster. A vase of flowers is on top of the piano behin...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Advertisement

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Description: The front cover for a music score titled: "Harding, You're the Man for Us," with words and music by Al Jolson. Includes portraits of Warren G. Harding, the...
Photograph

George Gershwin at Piano

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Description: Portrait of George Gershwin sitting at a piano and working on a score.
Photograph

Combined Choruses

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: A man is pointing to sheet music on a stand, as a young man and two young women are looking on. Caption reads: "The veteran Arion Musical club choru...
Photograph

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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