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Ultimate Hi-Fi System

Date: 08 12 1958
Description: Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums.
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Harry Dyer

Date: 08 06 1941
Description: Harry Dyer (b. 1864), a former logger and Mississippi riverman who recorded with song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Charles Dietz and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 09 02 1946
Description: Charles Dietz, a singer of English ballads, and song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Concordia Singing Society

Date: 1877
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Concordia Singing Society of Alma, Wisconsin. The decorative matte includes musical elements and ...
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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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Harmonica Men

Date: 1986
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center), playing the harmonica with Speaker of the House Jim Wright (right), and Congressman Jake Pickle (left).
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Professor Arthur Roberts

Date: 07 24 1956
Description: Arthur Roberts, Professor of Physics at Rochester University, demonstrates his other passion in life while seated at a piano. He is in Madison working on a...
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Bob Barry at The Beatles Press Conference

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: Radio disc jockey "Beatle" Bob Barry squats in front of the table where The Beatles are seated for a press conference before a concert.
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The Beatles at Press Conference

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: The Beatles at a press conference in advance of their concert that evening. Pictured: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Not pictured: Ringo...
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Barnyard Quintet

Date: 1890
Description: Quintet of chamber musicians posed in barnyard.
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Doc DeHaven Dixieland Combo Appears with Madison Municipal Band

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: Doc DeHaven Dixieland Combo appears with the Madison Municipal Band at their annual Spring Concert at the Central High School auditorium. Appearing with Do...
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Playing Checkers and the Accordion

Date: 03 31 1934
Description: Indoor flashlight portrait of Ernst Bruetzman, Edgar Krueger, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Raymond Fehrmann sitting at the table. Ernst is playing the acc...
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Emmanuel Philipp with the Council of Defense

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Description: View from audience towards stage where Governor Emmanuel Philipp is standing behind a desk. Standing with him, in front of their chairs, are two men in sui...
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Margaret McGuire Visiting Summer School

Date: 1948
Description: View from audience of Margaret McGuire visiting a Summer School Farm Classroom for music teachers taught by Fred Waring.
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Afternoon Jazz at the Coliseum Bar

Date: 10 2013
Description: View from behind of a crowd of men and women sitting at tables watching three musicians. One man is playing the piano, another man is playing a stand up ba...
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George Vukelich

Date: 09 28 1962
Description: Radio host and newly published author, George "Papa Hambone" Vukelich relaxing at his home on Plymouth Circle. He is sitting in a chair holding an LP copy ...
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Madison Radio Disc Jockeys

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: Lee Wesner of WISC watches the clock, while using one hand on a switch while the other hand is pausing a vinyl record on a spinning turntable.
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Madison Radio Disc Jockeys

Date: 09 08 1957
Description: Chuck Moffett, a disc jockey at WKOW, spins vinyl records on his show "Music with Moffett" and other programs. He is wearing headphones and is holding a ci...
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Outdoor Hymn Sing

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt is sitting and playing the organ during a hymn sing on the Island. Family and friends are gathered around her. Names from left to right: Mar...
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Dr. Louis Kretchmar Plays the Timpani

Date: 09 12 1957
Description: A man is using two mallets on a drum while looking over at a music stand. Caption reads: "A timpani player rehearsed with the Jewish Community Cente...

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