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San Padeo Workshop

Date: 1964
Description: Highlander Folk School students and directors standing in a line, possibly singing together, at the San Padeo workshop. Third from left, Myles Horton, Will...
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ...
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Taliesin West Festival

Date: 1958
Description: Dance and singing performance during a festival at Taliesin West. The theater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by the Fellowship. Taliesin West...
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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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Pioneer Christmas Scene

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Reenacting a pioneer Christmas custom of many foreign settlers in the early days of Wisconsin of singing carols around the family organ, are left to right:...
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Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field....
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Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of three members of "Parlor Tricks" being instructed by Mrs. Frances Maloney, Red Cross recreation director. Pictured left to right: Lorrain...
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Red Cross "Parlor Tricks" Board Members

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of board members of the Red Cross sponsored group "Parlor Tricks". Left to right: Jeanette Youngblood, Dorothy Reis, Betty Johnson, Grace Sh...
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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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Early CIO Session at Highlander

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading songs at Highlander during an early union CIO session. Charlie Wilson, board member, extreme right, next to him is his wife Frankie....
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Recreation Leadership Club

Date: 11 30 1948
Description: Fifteen University of Wisconsin students in the Community Leadership in Recreation curriculum are shown singing under the leadership of Emeritus Prof. E.B....
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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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Madison Maennerchor Anniversary Dinner

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Guests sit at a banquet table during a dinner celebrating the Madison Maennerchor 99th birthday at Turner Hall. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Alexi...
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Shorewood Hills Christmas Caroling Planning

Date: 12 14 1951
Description: A group gathers to make arrangements for a Christmas caroling program in Shorewood Hills. They are, from left: Don Voegeli, Frances Burrill, Kathleen Axley...
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Madison Maennerchor Director and Accompanist

Date: 02 28 1952
Description: Director of the Madison Maennerchor Alexius Baas confers with accompanist Grace Snell prior to the group's centennial concert. They are Wisconsin's oldest ...
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Quartet of Singers at First Baptist Church

Date: 06 09 1953
Description: A quartet of singers wearing choir robes and holding sheet music stand and rehearse behind a seated organist, Marion Winans at First Baptist Church. From l...
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West High School Girls' Club Christmas Activities

Date: 12 08 1954
Description: Four girls singing while looking down at their caroling books and holding candles and dressed for the outdoors. They are Diane Gensichen, Sally Tisdale, Su...
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American Legion Birthday Party

Date: 03 1998
Description: "This quartet entertained at the American Legion Annual Birthday Party."
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Frame 04: Many People Singing with Crossed Hands

Date: 1964
Description: An integrated group sing-along at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) function.
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Frame 53: Woman in Hat

Date: 1964
Description: A woman wearing a knit cap stands in front of a microphone. The badge on her chest identifies her as an MFDP member from Hinds County. Three men behind her...

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