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Kermit Bloomgarden with Orchestra

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Description: Kermit Bloomgarden seated at a table with three other men (he is the third from the left) at a formal event. Behind them sits a small orchestra.
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Dancers in Elaborate Costumes

Date: 1929
Description: Dancers in elaborate costumes and huge headdresses perform onstage in "Glorifying the American Girl," a 1929 Paramount musical. The heads of some pit music...
Poster

Ike & Tina Turner Show Poster

Date: 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a concert by Ike and Tina Turner at the Dane County Coliseum, in Madison, Wisconsin, June 26th, 1971. Features a picture of Tina Tur...
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Liberace and Ed Sullivan

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Description: Ed Sullivan leans against a piano that Liberace is sitting near. There is a candelabra on the piano and stage lights are visible in the background.
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Spooner

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Description: Promotional photograph of the band Spooner. From left: Butch Vig holding a Miller Beer bottle, Dave Benton with a guitar, Jeff Waler, Doug Erickson ...
Poster

B.B. King Performance

Date: 03 29 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by B.B. King at Dewey's. Features a photograph of B.B. King with a guitar, presumably at a performance. The poster was des...
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Ellsworth Snyder

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Description: Pianist Ellsworth Snyder posing in front of posters advertising his concerts.
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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and a Cello Player

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still for All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. From left to right: the child actor Mickey Moore plays a harmonica, the ...
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Ed Sullivan and the Beatles

Date: 02 1964
Description: Ed Sullivan poses with the Beatles in February 1964.
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers, while the drummer is set up ...
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers while the drummer is set up o...
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Three Piece Orchestra Aboard Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: Men in a three piece orchestra, consisting of a guitar, a violin, and a glass jug, posing for a photograph aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa ...
Poster

Generic Minstrel Show Poster

Date: 1907
Description: This color lithograph poster has a central circular image of a trombone player and a flute player which is surrounded by scenes with other musicians playin...
Photograph

Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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Milwaukee Home for Aged Lutherans Piano Player

Date: 1967
Description: Miss Lydia Henie, 76 years old, playing the piano in the devotional room of the Home for Aged Lutherans, 7500 West North Avenue.
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Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention Backstage

Date: 10 20 1971
Description: Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Howard Kayland, Gail Zappa, and Frank Zappa discuss science around a backstage table at the Milwaukee Arena following a show by...
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Production still with Samuel Goldwyn, Lewis Milestone, James Wong Howe, and Aaron Copeland

Date: 1943
Description: In an outdoor production still for "The North Star," producer Samuel Goldwyn (left) examines a short strip of 35mm film while director Lewis Milestone, cin...
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Aaron Copeland production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Composer Aaron Copeland examines a yard of 35mm optical soundtrack from a Moviola editing machine in a production still for "The North Star."
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Aaron Copeland production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Composer Aaron Copeland sits at a Steinway piano while watching the viewer of a Moviola editor in a production still for "The North Star."
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Aaron Copeland production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Composer Aaron Copeland sits at a Steinway piano while watching the viewer of a Moviola editor in a production still for "The North Star."

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