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Pro Arte Quartet
February 2, 1949
Pro Arte Quartet. Left to right: Albert Rahier, second violin; Bernard Milofsky, viola; Ernest Friedlander, cello; and Rudolf Kolisch, first violin. The first violin player, Kolisch, learned to pla...
Bethel Lutheran Trumpeters
November 15, 1951
Portrait of three Bethel Lutheran Church trumpeters in Medieval costumes.
Musical Families
March 23, 1954
Portrait of the Fromm family playing music. From left, they are: Kathleen, 14, playing cello, Barbara, 18, playing violin, the mother Emily playing the piano while looking into the camera, and the ...
Paul C. Bennett with Violin
January 30, 1949
Paul C. Bennett, musical instrument repairman, holding a violin made in 1721 which belongs to Mrs. D.P. Wheeler and may be a Stradivarius. Behind him on an easel is displayed a drawing of a woman.
Peggy King Orchestra
March 22, 1947
Peggy King, standing with trumpet, and her orchestra, eight women on stage with instruments and music stands. They played for the Dane County Red Cross dance at the Hotel Loraine on April 12th, 1947.
Harps of Harmony
June 12, 1948
Harps of Harmony members, shown left to right are: Carole Branley, Virginia Severson, Stanley Stitgen, Margaret Rupp Cooper, and Sybal Hanks, composer of their piece, "Meditation".
