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East High School Band

Date: 03 26 1929
Description: Members of the East High School band pose with their instruments for a group portrait.
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Central High School Band

Date: 04 16 1929
Description: Musicians from the Central High School marching band posing outdoors in uniform with their instruments.
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Middleton High School Orchestra

Date: 12 10 1928
Description: Members of the Middleton High School orchestra pose for a group portrait with their instruments.
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Middleton High School Orchestra

Date: 12 10 1928
Description: Middleton High School orchestra performing in front of stage with painted fire screen.
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Man Playing Kimball Theatre Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Man playing Kimball organ at the Orpheum Theatre.
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Man Playing Kimball Theater Organ

Date: 04 05 1927
Description: Man playing Kimball organ at the Orpheum Theater.
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Iva and Otto Rindlisbacher

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of Iva and Otto Rindlisbacher standing with various musical instruments. Otto is in Swiss costume.
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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...
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Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
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Anniversary of Swiss Settlement

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A large crowd of men, women, and children gathers outdoors to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Swiss settlement in New Glarus.
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Dance Band

Date: 1925
Description: Six musicians pose in front of a backdrop with their instruments, including saxophones, clarinets, a banjo, drums and trumpet with mutes. The drum has bee...
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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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Pageant Tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Date: 1922
Description: View of an outdoor pageant tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity of New York. Students stand in a wooded...
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Webb Family Album: Three Maids of Madison

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., son of Caroline Webb, with four images of family friends, including two young...
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
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The Lost Chord

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in an old style dress stands in profile by a keyboard instrument with her left knee resting on a Gothic Revival chair. A candle burns in a brass ca...
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Olivia Monona with Oscar Hanke

Date: 1920
Description: Informal portrait of opera singer, Olivia Monona, with her husband, Oscar Hanke, first violinist with the Chicago Opera Company. The couple was married in ...
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Al Gullickson

Date: 1926
Description: A young man is sitting at an organ. Caption reads: "Al Gullickson, theater and radio organist, about 1926. He dedicated theater organs for the Barton Organ...
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Young Women's Ukulele Orchestra

Date: 11 30 1925
Description: Group portrait of 24 women and one man sitting and holding ukuleles. Caption reads: "Young women's ukulele orchestra at French Battery and Carbon Co. party...
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Tommy Ladnier, Daisy Matthews, and Irene Robinson on Baby Dodds' First Car

Date: 1923
Description: A man and two women sit on the running board of a car. Caption reads: "1st Car of Warren "Baby" Dodds, Negro drummer. 1923 Oldsmobile. Bright red. Price: $...

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