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Ganna Walska in Operatic Costume with Lyre

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Description: Full-length portrait of Polish opera singer Ganna Walska adorned in operatic costume holding a lyre. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCorm...
Photograph

Zilphia Horton Leading Farmers Union Session

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Description: Zilphia Horton playing the accordion and leading a sing-a-long during a Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School. Myles Horton middle at table; DeJa...
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Quarternotes

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Description: The Quarternotes, an award-winning barbershop-style singing group from Racine that was formed about 1945. They are, left to right: Virginia Clausen, Phylli...
Postcard

Diva

Date: 03 1912
Description: Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit...
Photograph

The Incomparable Hildegarde

Date: 03 1941
Description: Hildegarde Loretta Sell, better known as Hildegarde, was a well known cabaret singer who was born in Adell, Wisconsin in 1906 and raised in New Holstein. D...
Photograph

Frame 53: Woman in Hat

Date: 1964
Description: A woman wearing a knit cap stands in front of a microphone. The badge on her chest identifies her as an MFDP member from Hinds County. Three men behind her...
Photograph

Women Singing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Two women clap and sing at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project. Behind them is a mural, and a banner that says "St...
Photograph

Group Sing, Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: A group claps and sings at the Freedom School Convention during the Freedom Summer civil rights project.
Photograph

Leisure Hour

Date: 1932
Description: Several students have gathered around the piano for "Leisure Hour" at Star Center School, District No. 8, Bloomfield. Other students work at their desks. T...
Photograph

Chetek Opera House Poster

Date: 09 17
Description: Poster advertising a concert and dance at the Chetek Opera House on September 17th. Featured artists are The Rindlisbachers, Berith Rokstad, and the Skarni...
Photograph

Olivia Monona in Costume

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of opera singer, Olivia Monona (Olivia Goldberger) in costume for Carmen.
Photograph

Olivia Monona

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up portrait of opera singer, Olivia Monona (Olivia Goldenberger) likely in costume for an unknown production.
Photograph

Olivia Monona with Oscar Hanke

Date: 1920
Description: Informal portrait of opera singer, Olivia Monona, with her husband, Oscar Hanke, first violinist with the Chicago Opera Company. The couple was married in ...
Photograph

Olivia Monona and Menotti Francesco

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored portrait of Olivia Monona and her singing partner, Menotti Frascona. The pair is jointly holding a newspaper. Ms. Monona is wearing gloves.
Photograph

Olivia Monona

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Description: Informal portrait of Olivia Monona sitting in a chair in the Goldenbeger home on East Hamilton Street. Bookshelves cover the wall in the background.
Photograph

Olivia Monona in Costume

Date: 1915
Description: Opera singer, Olivia Monona in costume posing on a bench.
Historical Object

Olivia Monona Exhibitor ID Card

Date: 1933
Description: Exhibitor identification card for opera singer Olivia Monona who worked as a representative of the Stayform Company at the Century of Progress World's Fair...

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