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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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Concert at Milwaukee Art Institute

Date: 09 24 1954
Description: Three performers are on stage together: a man playing a clarinet, a woman singing, and a man playing a piano. Caption reads: "A concert trio performed
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Trolley Guitar Concert

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Three people clapping and smiling near a man playing a guitar. Caption reads: "Railroad fans clapped to the rocking rhythm of a guitar player on a s...
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United Bavarian Society Winter Festival Concert

Date: 02 10 1957
Description: A man playing a two-necked contraguitar while another man is playing a zither. Caption reads: "A bass guitar and zither were played by Hans Glieber ...
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Alpenklaenge Zither Club Concert Rehearsal

Date: 05 06 1962
Description: Six men playing zithers. Caption reads: "Members of the Alpenklaenge Zither club are a picture of concentration as they rehearse for their 20th spring conc...
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Rockford Bagpipe Band at Annual Robert Burns Dinner

Date: 01 29 1956
Description: A man is carrying a tray with two candlesticks and haggis. Three other men are following wearing uniforms, and two men are playing bagpipes. Caption reads:...
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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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New Music Quartet in Milwaukee

Date: 12 04 1955
Description: Four men are holding string instruments, while several children are looking on. Caption reads: "A quartet of New York musicians who played Saturday ...
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Rolf Persinger

Date: 06 23 1960
Description: A man is playing a violin at the front of a classroom of students. Caption reads: "Rolf Persinger of the Chicago symphony orchestra worked Thursday with mu...

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