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Darlene Quinn

Date: 1936
Description: Darlene Quinn, a student at the Kehl School, poses with an accordion.
Postcard

Boy with Accordion

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of boy in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing with his arm resting on an accordion placed on a table.
Photograph

Boy and Girl Posing with Musical Instruments

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Description: A boy and girl stand for a studio portrait with musical instruments in front of a painted backdrop. The boy wears a matching suit jacket and short pants an...
Photograph

Boy and Girl Playing Instruments

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Description: A young boy and girl posing standing for a studio portrait, playing musical instruments in front of a painted backdrop. The boy is wearing a matching suit ...
Photograph

Josh Sullivan

Date: 1861
Description: Tintype portrait of Josh Sullivan of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band. He is seated leaning on a drum.
Photograph

That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
Historical Object

Joy Camps Beaver Point Trip

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs of a trip to Beaver Point. Includes campers packing a canoe alongside a dock, campers s...
Photograph

Henry A. Cooper, Drummer Boy

Date: 1847
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait of Henry A. Cooper, as a young boy, standing in front of a backdrop. He is wearing a military...
Photograph

Henry A. Cooper

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Henry A. Cooper as a drummer boy in the Union Army. Three-quarter length portrait of him standing in front of a backdrop, ...
Photograph

Ceylon C. Lincoln as Drummer Boy

Date: 1865
Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon C. Lincoln as a young drummer boy in the Union Army. Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing forward. He is...
Photograph

Playing the Violin

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Description: Laurie Peterson playing the violin while seated on the top step in front of a screen door. Flowers are growing on both sides of the steps.
Photograph

The Orchestra

Date: 1907
Description: From left to right are Clay Judson, Carl, and Doc Copeland playing music by the St. Croix River. Doc purchased the drum at a Native American village.
Photograph

Gilbert Ross

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of Gilbert Ross, posing with a violin. He was the son of University of Wisconsin-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross. Gilbert was an ...

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