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| Date: | 01 28 1936 |
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| Description: | A man dressed as a cowboy is sitting and holding a guitar in front of a microphone in W.I.B.A. studios, 111 King Street, Room 28. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior of a guitar maker's workshop, with a workbench, tools, guitars, and other stringed instruments. In the foreground, there is a ghostly image of a... |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th... |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Left to right, Armando Huacuja and Berta Montemayor Koch, natives of Mexico, dance at the annual Latin-American Festival held at the Wisconsin Memorial Uni... |
| Date: | 05 18 1946 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Jimmie McCloskey with his guitar in the WIBA studio, 110 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 11 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertisement for a concert by the group "The Living Sound," at 240 West Gilman Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Features a reduced purple and red ill... |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster encouraging young people to register to vote. Includes a picture of a barefoot man with a guitar and blue jeans (a college student, hippie, musician... |
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| Description: | Four musicians stand with their guitars and pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats, with suit jackets, vests,... |
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| Description: | Three musicians, two males with banjos and possibly a woman with a guitar, pose in blackface and costumes for a studio portrait in front of a painted backd... |
| Date: | 07 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster created by Madison-based Johnathan Chritton, most likely to commemorate the release of the album "Harvest" (1972), featuring Neil Young playing an a... |
| Date: | 03 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Ruth Lerdau, of Lima, Peru, playing the guitar at the University of Wisconsin's International Club Ball at the Memorial Union. |
| Date: | 01 07 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Alfred Ellickson and Alfred Randall playing violin and guitar, while Adolph, standing at right, is holding a lighter up to a large cigar held in the guitar... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Cuban refugees at Camp McCoy. Three children standing with their arms around each others shoulders. Two wear Woody Woodpecker t-shirts, the other wears a D... |
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| Description: | Two men posing with guitars, one seated and one standing. They are probably in a music store or a musical instrument manufacturer. Several guitars and mand... |
| Date: | 04 26 1970 |
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| Description: | The Grateful Dead featuring Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Jerry Garcia, performing on stage with the sun setting behind them. Ron ... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Peter Obranovich (better known at the time as "Pete Bobo"), promoter for the festival, wearing a blue and yellow bucket hat, standing on the side of the st... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Illinois Speed Press performing on stage at night during the Sound Storm music festival. |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | View from audience of Illinois Speed Press performing on stage at night at the Sound Storm music festival. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Geoff Cook, wearing suit jacket, and other unidentified individuals, sit on the ground at library mall playing guitars. |
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