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Five String Musicians

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Description: Five men playing string instruments while standing on a town sidewalk. They are identified from left to right as: unidentified man, Anton Hagen, Ole Strand...
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Two Men Practicing Violin

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Description: Pair of violinists practicing on the stage of the Opera House.
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Group of Entertainers

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Description: Five men and a boy outside a tent, one dancing with snakes, two others playing a guitar and mandolin.
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Dancers Forming a Circle

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Description: Dancers form a circle while two seated men play a guitar and a mandolin.
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Studio Portrait of Four Musicians

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Description: A studio portrait of four well-dressed men carrying instrument cases in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing long coats, top hats, and gloves.
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Studio Portrait of Musicians

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Description: Four musicians in suit jackets, neckties, and trousers, pose with their instruments for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Their four top ha...
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Musicians Playing Instruments

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Description: A studio portrait of four men playing musical instruments in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing suit jackets, vests, neckties, and trousers. The...
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Four Guitar Players

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Description: A studio portrait of four men posing with guitars in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing suit jackets, vests, neckties, and trousers.
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Studio Portrait of Guitar Players

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Description: Four musicians stand with their guitars and pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats, with suit jackets, vests,...
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Three Musicians in Blackface and Costume

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Description: Three musicians, two males with banjos and possibly a woman with a guitar, pose in blackface and costumes for a studio portrait in front of a painted backd...
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Violinist and Child with Dog

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a seated man holding a violin and bow. A small boy with a toy wooden horse stands next to him. A dog is resting in the grass in fron...
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Portrait of Hofton C. Hagen

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Description: A full-length studio portrait of Hofton C. Hagen posed standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a violin and bow as if he is playing it, and ...
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Men Posing with Musical Instruments

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Description: Group portrait of nine men standing and two men sitting in a field with trees in the background. Each standing man is holding a musical instrument, includi...
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Fortier and Hoften Hagen

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Description: Two men posed sitting next to a piano and drum/percussion set, probably Fortier at the piano and Hoften Hagen sitting at the drums and holding a violin.
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Violinist Among the Drums

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posing standing and playing a violin among other musical instruments ...
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Man with a French Horn

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American man posing standing and holding a french horn.
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Man with a Double Bell Euphonium

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posing standing and playing a Double Bell Euphonium.
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Man with a Trumpet

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American man posing standing and holding a trumpet. Identified as possibly a member of the Alma Center Band.
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Alma Center Band

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American men posing standing. Each man is holding, from left to right, a trombone, e...
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Alma Center Band Trombonist

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American man posing standing and holding a trombone. Identified as possibly a member of the Alma Center Band.

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