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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Group of men posing in the dining room at August Mason's lumber camp. Three men are playing stringed instruments. Posters are displayed on the wall behind ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent. |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | The brass band of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. In the past, the leader in the picture was identified as Hazard W. Titus, but it is likely that this photogr... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Wood engraving of pioneer men, one of whom is playing a violin, surrounded by covered wagons. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Mr. Rider and Mr. Broughton, sit in their residence at 625 Langdon Street and play musical instruments. Mr. R... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Five men are sitting on the ground in the grass playing various horned musical instruments. The corresponding caption reads: "Picnic at Winnequah." They ar... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The ten members of the Drum Corps of the Milwaukee Turners posed in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in band uniforms with hats and are holdin... |
| Date: | 1842 |
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| Description: | Menominee war dance, as depicted by Francois, Comte de Castelnau, a French naturalist and diplomat who visited Green Bay, Wisconsin about 1838. This detail... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Ladies Ideal Band, in uniform and holding their instruments which include drums and various brass ins... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | String band consisting of seven inmates at Waupun State Prison. Three seated men hold guitars, three others hold violins and one standing man holds a cello... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin National Guard band pose with their instruments at Camp Douglas. |
| Date: | 05 24 1898 |
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| Description: | Front and back covers, printed in color, of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with a tinted three-quarter view ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Brodhead Mandolin Club. The men are wearing suits and neckties, and all the women wear long white dresses. There are mandolins, as we... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of a “famous Ohio fiddler” Alfred Squiers Utley with his fiddle. Alfred Squiers Utley was born in Monson, Mass. 1817, son of Hamilton and... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Catalog featuring calendar pages. The month of April features a man and a woman standing outdoors, each is playing a violin. May features a man using a hor... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Lucy Rumsey is sitting with her concert harp in a home setting. She appears ready to play. There are arched doorways, a chandelier, and a fireplace in the ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Five men are sitting in a forest clearing and playing brass instruments. Winnequah Point is on the shore of Lake Monona in what is now the City of Monona.... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of a man wearing a hat and bolero jacket (chaquetilla). Caption identifies him as Fred Abbott of the Chic... |
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