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Zilphia Horton Leading Songs

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading singing at CIO School during Holiday season. At the table on the right, Myles Horton, Mike Ross, Tom Ludwig, and Joyce Mitchell.
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Zilphia Horton Leading Farmers Union Session

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Description: Zilphia Horton playing the accordion and leading a sing-a-long during a Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton middle at table; DeJa...
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Five Men Singing

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Description: Five African American men wearing suits and singing into a microphone. There is a small farmers union sign on the back wall.
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Dr. Sigrid Prager in His Farewell Concert

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: Dr. Sigfrid Prager conducting the Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Civic Chorus, the University of Wisconsin chorus and soloists in his farewe...
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Peter Seeger Playing at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building.
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Portrait of Malvina Reynolds

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Description: Portrait of songwriter Malvina Reynolds.
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Emma Helen Strand, as a Singer

Date: 1905
Description: Emma Helen Strand, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a contralto singer. Pictured holding sheet music. Part of a yearbook crea...
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church Choir

Date: 06 06 1948
Description: Group portrait of African-American choir on steps in front of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 548 West Johnson Street.
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Mop Heads

Date: 12 26 1948
Description: Top-hatted master of ceremonies, Stanton Stavrum, looks on as Robert Smith, Charles Van Deitz, and Hugh Benidict in mop wigs and dresses, rehearse singing ...
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East High School Double Quartet

Date: 02 09 1949
Description: Popular singers in the city's young set are the eight boys who make up East High School's double quartet. First row, left to right: George Otis, Jim Bailey...
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Philharmonic Chorus

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Group portrait of thirteen male and female members of the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison.
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Opera Singer Kirsten Flagstad and Her Daughter

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: One of the greatest names in opera, soprano Kirsten Flagstad, seated, is pictured with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur W. (Else) Dusenberry, 4327 Regent Street. ...
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Singer Rise Stevens Arriving in Madison

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu...
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Christmas Pageant Singers

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: Three singers participate in the annual Christmas pageant presented by Madison high school students in the Wisconsin State Capitol building. From left are ...
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Luther Memorial Chapel Choir Members

Date: 12 10 1949
Description: Meta Church, Charles Postel, and Ronald Anderson, members of the Luther Memorial Church chapel choir, wearing robes while posing next to a painting of an a...
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Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral Group

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Some of the girls of the Blessed Sacrament Girls Choral group prepare for a cantata to be performed to raise money to purchase the grand piano in the pictu...
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Four Men Singing from Sheet Music

Date: 1941
Description: Four men stand together to sing from sheet music. Three of the men are dressed in suits and ties, and one man is dressed as an old-fashioned constable, inc...
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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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