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| Description: | The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The Serenaders, a dance band based in Kiel. The drum indicates that the band was headed by Si Mahlberg. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Clara Case Middleton stands behind a rocking chair beyond a curtained doorway. In the front room, a zither and banjo are displayed near a parlor organ. |
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| Description: | Rube Guyett and George Mandle with banjos in the Guyett Barber Shop. |
| Date: | 02 19 1938 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Stanley and the Original Revelers, a five-piece band. The men are all dressed in white coats with dark collars and bow ties. Four of the musici... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Alladin, Hayward's Smart Nite Club showing musical instruments on the stage. Instruments include, from left to right, a drum set, saxophon... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons... |
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| Description: | View across water towards three boats near a shoreline. The rowboat in the center has five women, and one of the woman is holding a banjo. On the right is ... |
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| Description: | Two men and a woman are posing sitting in a parlor and holding musical instruments. The woman is sitting on the right in front of a piano playing a banjo. ... |
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| Banjo-ukulele used by jingle composer Richard Trentlage in the first recording of the Oscar Mayer Wiener Song, 1962. (Museum object #2009.59.1) |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Interior of a student's room at Downer (women's) College. Two banjos rest on the chaise in front of the window. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American men, posing sitting. The men are wearing blackface make-up, and playing a guitar ... |
| Date: | 05 11 1961 |
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| Description: | 1962 may have been the start to a musical career for this Madison area vocal and instrumental trio, the Bards. Left to right are: Paul Skalet, Cross Plain... |
| Date: | 07 20 2013 |
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| Description: | Country/folk/rock band playing and singing, prior to the Merle Haggard and the Strangers performance at the Southside Oktoberfest Grounds. They are wearing... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men and women at a gathering at Jolly Lodge. The men are wearing knickerbockers, and the women are wearing long skirts with puffy sleeved... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Flyer for a family party at the high school auditorium in Columbus, Montana, sponsored by the Nystul Lumber & Imp. Co., an International Harvester dealer. ... |
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| Description: | Interior portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Smith. He is seated on a fainting couch on the left, and she is sitting in a chair behind him on the right. There i... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four women and three men posing together in a room in front of a window. The man in the center is holding a banjo in his lap. The men are... |
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| Description: | Blues musician Catfish Stephenson performing with friends on State Street. |
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| Description: | A group of musicians gathered on the corner of State and W. Johnson Streets. |
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