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| Description: | Portrait of Ho-Chunk man, Ho-Con-Ja-Gah Moche-He (Thunder Cloud) holding a flute. |
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| Description: | World-renowned Norwegian violinist Ole Bull shown here with his violin under his arm. Bull was good friends with University of Wisconsin Professor Rasmus A... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Polish opera singer Ganna Walska adorned in operatic costume holding a lyre. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCorm... |
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| Description: | Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow. |
| Date: | 06 25 1936 |
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| Description: | Man dressed as a cowboy playing a guitar and singing in front of WIBA microphone. |
| Date: | 10 03 1930 |
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| Description: | A tuxedo-clad percussionist standing at his marimbas, with other instruments including a gong, drum kit, and tympani behind him at the WIBA radio station. |
| 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 13 1941 |
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| Description: | Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter. |
| Date: | 08 19 1941 |
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| Description: | Albert Wachuta (b.1875?), singer of Bohemian songs with accordion. |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Unidentifed man with drum who was probably recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, probably at Winnebago (HoChunk) Indian Village. |
| Date: | 07 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. James Hawkins or Henry Thunder and Stella Stacy. Probably at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village. |
| 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: | 08 31 1946 |
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| Description: | Fiddle player Emil Boulanger played for dances since he was a boy. He played entirely by ear, and on a violin which he made himself. He was born in Dyckesv... |
| Date: | 08 15 1941 |
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| Description: | Otto Rindlisbacher, folk singer and maker of stringed instruments, and violin collection, sitting in his shop holding a Hardanger fiddle. Caption at bottom... |
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| Description: | Musician and instrument maker Otto Rindlisbacher with button accordion. |
| Date: | 08 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Roi Clearwater, (Ottawa/Chippewa Indian), singer of Ottawa Indian songs, of Lake Delton, Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Emil Buehler holding a violin. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Darlene Quinn, a student at the Kehl School, poses with an accordion. |
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| Description: | A member of the Kehl family poses in a dance costume holding maracas. |
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