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Hosiery Union Men's Choral Group

Date: 01 1944
Description: A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group."
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Boy Scout Leaders and Scouts at Leadership Program

Date: 11 15 1958
Description: Boy Scout leadership training program held at Van Hise School. Shown limbering their vocal cords are, (L-R): Frank White, Troop 120 assistant scout master,...
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: A group of African-American children singing hymns at their church, Second Baptist Church at 827 Mound street. One girl is looking toward the photographer ...
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CORE Members Singing in Assembly Chambers

Date: 04 27 1964
Description: Twenty-seven members of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) are linking arms and singing "We Shall Overcome" in the balcony of the Wisconsin Assembly Ch...
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Outdoor Hymn Sing

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt is sitting and playing the organ during a hymn sing on the Island. Family and friends are gathered around her. Names from left to right: Mar...
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three girls singing while riding on the school bus from Dudgeon School to Blackhawk Park.
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From Below the Border

Date: 11 05 1970
Description: Two young men are standing among a group of children. Many are wearing sombreros. One of the adults is playing a guitar. Caption reads: "FROM BELOW THE ...
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We Saw You . . . at Bible School

Date: 07 19 1957
Description: Children attend the summer Bible school session at Midvale Community Lutheran Church at 4329 Tokay Boulevard. Shown singing are 1st-grade teacher Mrs. P. J...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Darleen McCormick, music teacher from Central High School, is shown directing a chorus at a three-week music clinic held at the University of Wisconsin. St...
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Young girls are raising their voices in song at the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church, located at 631 East Dayton...
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Children learning a song in the two-week summer Bible school at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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Singing at Shiloh Baptist Church

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman in a flowered dress is singing at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir robes. The R...
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Singing and Clapping

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman in a flowered dress is singing and clapping at a church service in the Shiloh Baptist Church. She is surrounded by other singers, two wearing choir...
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Singing at Shiloh Baptist Church

Date: 01 14 1974
Description: A woman choir member with a microphone and robe is singing at Shiloh Baptist Church. The Reverend Jesse Jackson delivered the sermon at this service.
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: City Clerk A.W. Barels (left), City Attorney Harold Hanson, and Alderman Norman Moll are shown singing at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's picnic.
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Duet

Date: 1901
Description: Ralph Wettstein, left, and Herbert Paul Brumder (1885-1967) singing while sitting in a room with a curved wall. They are holding a large open book. Each ma...
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Gil Scott Heron

Date: 03 21 1979
Description: Gil Scott Heron (center) and two other singers performing in concert.
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Robert Alexander

Date: 11 14 1964
Description: A boy is looking at a person in the foreground, who is out of focus. Another object — possibly a microphone stand — is also in the foreground and out of fo...
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Adda Howie Serenading Cows

Date: 1909
Description: Adda Howie, sitting outdoors in a chair, playing a mandolin and singing for her dairy cows at Sunny Peak Farm.
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Ebenezer Church of God in Christ

Date: 08 15 1983
Description: Members of a choir singing, with microphones in front of them. Caption reads: "Members of the Ebenezer Church of God in Christ performed a gospel drama Sun...

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