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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Women Dancing

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Two sets of twins dance at the recreation center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall. Included on the left are Jean and Joan Hanson of Cottage...
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Margaret Strahl at a Piano

Date: 02 07 1955
Description: Margaret Strahl, senior at the University of Wisconsin School of Music, sitting at a grand piano at a benefit musicale sponsored by the Sigma Alpha Iota al...
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Chapel in the Wisconsin State Prison

Date: 1910
Description: View of the chapel in the Wisconsin State Prison. In the foreground are chairs, and in front of the stage is a piano.
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Blackhawk Country Club Costume Party

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Dr. and Mrs. L. Riley McCormick in costume, 2117 Monroe Street, playing the guitar and singing at the Blackhawk Country Club 1920s costume party.
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Student Pledges of Gamma Phi Beta

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Eight student pledges of Gamma Phi Beta sorority of the University of Wisconsin, gathered for music around a piano. The pledges include, seated: Sally Howe...
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Sigmund Romberg and Students

Date: 04 27 1945
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...
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Brown's Piano Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A driver sitting in the cab of an International piano delivery truck for Brown's Store. In the back of the truck are two large wooden crates, one presumabl...
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Band and Audience

Date: 1946
Description: An audience watching a musical group put on a show in a tent at the Kansas State Fair.
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4-H Members on TV at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A group of 4-H members standing underneath lights to be filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair, while a woman nearby is playing the piano.
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McCormick Works Club House Stage

Date: 1931
Description: Rows of seats lead up to a arched stage outfitted with a piano and chairs at the McCormick Works Club House theater. The IHC logo is embroidered on the sta...
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McCormick Works Banquet Hall

Date: 1929
Description: A hall, possibly at the McCormick Works Club House, decorated with vases of flowers, long tables laid with place settings, and chairs set up for a banquet ...
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Bass Family Portrait

Date: 1905
Description: Lorinda Hill Bass sits in the center, with daughters Martha Bass Haskin, left, and Rhoda Bass Shephard beside her. Her sons, Edward, left, and Frank, right...
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Nakoma 12th Night Party

Date: 01 07 1950
Description: View of a Home Talent Comedy performance by Charles C. Bradley, imitating Helen Morgan and singing to Mae Zimmerman of 311 North Frances Street. The backgr...
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The Madisonians Singing Group

Date: 01 09 1950
Description: 27 teen singers stand behind a piano at the Madison YWCA. The group was formed by Don Voss (extreme right) with the cooperation of the East Side Youth Acti...
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University of Wisconsin Players Opera Finalists

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a...
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show Rehearsal

Date: 03 01 1950
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross prepare for a variety show at Tomah Veterans Hospital. They are, from left to right: Bob Carpenter, Dick Feldt, and Lois Br...
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Living Room at Taliesin

Date: 1957
Description: Fireplace wall in living room at Taliesin, the summer home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. A Wright designed music stand and table are in front of the fir...
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Planning Committee for YMCA Inter-Faith Party

Date: 04 18 1950
Description: Gathered together to formulate plans for the inter-faith party for young adults in Madison churches are, standing left to right: Conrad Hilberry, Religious...
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Music Sorority Alumnae

Date: 11 14 1950
Description: Alumnae of Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority, members of the arrangements committee for the Founder's day twilight musicale, gather around a piano for a grou...

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