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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue. |
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| Description: | "Hawaiian Group," a four-piece country band made up of (left to right): Martin Angus, Al Flansberg, Jack Pennywell, and George Gilbertson. Their instrumen... |
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| Description: | Four children with their musical instruments. Writing on the picture says "Honey Bunch Orchestra". |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the morn... |
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| Description: | Three boys, one playing a guitar, one playing a mandolin, and one singing a song from "Favorite Radio Gems," songbook, as part of a Farmers Union Meeting a... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st... |
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| Description: | Zilphia Horton playing an accordion and singing on a picket line. A group of men and women sit in chairs in front of a tent. Sign on left reads, "Peaceful ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building. |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Screen printed poster announcing a performance by Miles Davis Quintet and Keith Jarrett, occurring Thursday, March 18, 1971, at the Union Theater in the Un... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Concert poster for "White Lightning" at Snoopy's in Madison, Wisconsin, March 23-24, 1971. |
| Date: | 06 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertisement for a concert by the group "The Living Sound," at 240 West Gilman Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Features a reduced purple and red ill... |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing "Wisconsin Traveler," possibly a musical group. Features a hand-drawn and hand-colored drawing of a fiddle player, a banjo player, and s... |
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| Description: | Thuy Nguyen (bottom row, third from left) sits with other girls at a music competition for stringed instruments. She is holding a viola. |
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| Description: | Interior of the Brau Haus, a German-American Rathskeller. A German band wearing costumes stands on the small stage at the restaurant, some holding musical... |
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| Description: | A man leads a procession with a bull carrying a long cart decorated with flowers. Women process along the sides of the cart and a band marches on the road ... |
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| Description: | A man sits on a wooded bench to play the clavier at Mercersburg Academy, a school organized in 1893. Lighting hangs from the ceiling to illuminate the cari... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Simoni Martucci and Tomma's White Label Orchestra. Members of the band hold instruments and pose before banners and decoration. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with two carolers, one violin player and a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter. In the background is a decorative gold fence over black.... |
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