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Soldiers

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Description: Stereograph of a line of soldiers standing at attention in formal uniform. Most of the soldiers are carrying weapons with bayonets. The soldier on the left...
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Ray Price Band in Studio

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four men playing musical instruments in a studio with a electric sign that says: "On the Air." U.W. student Ray Price led the band, which consisted of stan...
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Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra

Date: 10 02 1957
Description: Members of the percussion section of the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra at rehearsal in Scanlan Hall. Helen Dahm (right) is playing the tympani, Marian K...
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Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Purchases Sherman Tank

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Delta Sigma Pi fraternity purchased a used 33-ton Sherman tank from Camp McCoy for use at a spring fraternity "tank party". The fraternity's Dixieland orch...
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Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity Purchases Sherman Tank

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Debbie Duncan, University of Wisconsin student from Batavia, IL, christens "Rosebud I", a used 33-ton Sherman tank, with a bottle of beer at Ed's Service S...
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Doug DeWitt at the Drums

Date: 1942
Description: Doug DeWitt is sitting behind the drums. The words "Rhythm Wreckers" are printed on the drum face. Behind Doug DeWitt, on a shelf, are several things: a re...
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Drummer Gene Krupa with Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Famous drummer Gene Krupa, shown at far left, gives a drumming demonstration to members of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps at the corps' headquarte...
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UW Band Practices Prior to the Minnesota Football Game

Date: 10 01 1959
Description: Members of the UW band practice prior to playing at the UW football game versus Minnesota. The four-armed band member is really drummer Charles Sommers, gr...
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We Saw You . . . at Labor Day Event

Date: 09 05 1960
Description: More than 300 people attend the annual Labor Day program sponsored by the Madison Federation of Labor at the Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street. Drummer Har...
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Duke Ellington at the Piano

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: Duke Ellington at the piano during a performance with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The bassist is likely Joe Benjamin, and the drummer is Louie Bellson. O...
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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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Robert Bealmear Plays the Drums

Date: 02 24 1962
Description: View of a young man, surrounded by drums in the foreground. Caption reads: "A Whitefish Bay youth, Robert Bealmear, of 5324 N. Kent av., beat the dr...
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Jimmie Noone Orchestra

Date: 1941
Description: Three men and one woman playing instruments in a band. Framed photographs are hanging behind them. Caption reads: "Jimmy [sic] Noone (Negro) orchestra, ca....
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Patrolman Raymond Morawetz Performs with Milwaukee Pops

Date: 02 21 1957
Description: A uniformed policeman is blowing a whistle and holding two revolvers, next to a man playing a bass drum. Caption reads: "Some of the sound effects f...
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Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians

Date: 1934
Description: Group portrait of several men, and a child, seated and standing in three rows. There is a drum in the right foreground.

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