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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a Boy Scout band in front of a large brick building, possibly the old Baraboo High School. The bass drum head reads "Boy Scout Band" and ... |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ... |
| Date: | 02 23 1941 |
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| Description: | "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ... |
| Date: | 06 21 1935 |
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| Description: | A reunion of eight members of the 1915 University of Wisconsin world's fair band with their instruments, director Charles Mann, and current (in 1935) U.W. ... |
| Date: | 05 12 1934 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten Norwegian folk dancers in costume, coached by John Odden, and Harold Smedal holding a Hardanger violin, who will perform for the Sons... |
| Date: | 05 17 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked ... |
| Date: | 03 29 1953 |
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| Description: | A quartet of horn players, first row David Lewis and William Howard, back row Robert Reuter and Jim Christensen, play for Easter services at Luther Memoria... |
| Date: | 12 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Eight girls (on the left side from floor to harp) Ruth Quale, Mary Fess, Patricia Kinney, Elaine Tripalin, (girl in the center) Carlene Stoker, (right side... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro... |
| Date: | 02 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt... |
| Date: | 07 1886 |
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| Description: | Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Old Soldiers' Reunion on the public square. |
| Date: | 11 02 1978 |
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| Description: | Campaigning for governor on the back of his "Red Vest Whistle-Stop Special" bus, Lee Sherman Dreyfus shakes hands with a supporter. |
| Date: | 12 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills music students posed with their string instruments at a Christmas caroling party in the home of Mrs. Keys (Freda) Winterble, 901 University... |
| Date: | 12 26 1948 |
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| Description: | Top-hatted master of ceremonies, Stanton Stavrum, looks on as Robert Smith, Charles Van Deitz, and Hugh Benidict in mop wigs and dresses, rehearse singing ... |
| Date: | 02 21 1949 |
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| Description: | Connie Schwoegler, national individual match-game bowling champion, was honored at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club at the... |
| Date: | 02 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of Ethlyn Jefferds' dancing class, fifth and sixth grade students from Shorewood, Randall, and Lakewood schools, attending their first costume ball... |
| Date: | 03 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Indrapal Verma of Aligarh, India, watches Mohammed Hanif Khan of Karachi, Pakistan, attempting to play an Oriental "butterfly," a musical instrument brough... |
| Date: | 03 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Ruth Lerdau, of Lima, Peru, playing the guitar at the University of Wisconsin's International Club Ball at the Memorial Union. |
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