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| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International Harvester tent and exhibition at the Iowa State Fair. Includes workers filming Iowa's first television show and a high school brass band ente... |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Children of members of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) performing at the union Christmas party. There are accordion players and a... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | "The Harmonians" performing at a picnic to raise money for striking Allis-Chalmers workers. |
| Date: | 08 13 1941 |
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| Description: | View across counter towards Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ. |
| Date: | 08 13 1941 |
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| Description: | Side view of Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | John Williams leading a congregation at Peniel Church in song at Gymanfa Ganu, a Welsh songfest. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Five women drummers with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus posing with striped drums. They are wearing band uniforms, including large hats to... |
| Date: | 06 21 1944 |
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| Description: | View of the main studio of WIBU Radio Station, 114 North Carroll Street, (Commercial State Bank Building), including one man at the microphone and one man ... |
| Date: | 12 16 1942 |
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| Description: | Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue, Glee Club performing, on stage. |
| Date: | 08 11 1941 |
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| Description: | John Ciezczak (b.1885?), a Polish watchmaker, who sang songs in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Kasshubian for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is... |
| Date: | 08 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Joe Yansky (Bohemian), a one-man band with an accordion and drums. |
| Date: | 08 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 03 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Snazzy Chazzy and his Grenadiers, eigth grade students at Nakoma School, who play some real Milwaukee-style German tempo. Left to right, front row: Bruce ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Truax Field soldiers produce a weekly radio show, "Truax Field Calling" for WIBA, broadcasting from the field. Shown at a jam session are, left to right, P... |
| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Elsie Taschek at the keyboard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison carillon. Traditionally the carillon was always played by men before World War II. |
| Date: | 12 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Eight girls (on the left side from floor to harp) Ruth Quale, Mary Fess, Patricia Kinney, Elaine Tripalin, (girl in the center) Carlene Stoker, (right side... |
| Date: | 03 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Group of children seated on the floor at the WHA radio studio listening to a woman (Fanny Steve?) play the piano during a program called "Fun Time". |
| Date: | 04 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Composer Sigmund Romberg at the piano during an impromtu concert at Central High School. Members of the high school band looking on are, left to right: Bev... |
| Date: | 04 27 1946 |
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| Description: | WIBA radio broadcast showing five young people; one playing the piano, one playing a violin, and three reading scripts. |
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