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Street Musician with Violin and Dog

Date: 1915
Description: A street musician named Frank Ritter playing violin on a city sidewalk (possibly in Chicago), with a dog leashed to his belt. A tin cup is attached to the ...
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Iva Rindlisbacher, Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at Swiss Bells

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Iva Rindlisbacher (left), Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at the Swiss bells. The bells stand was built by Otto Rindlisbacher, Iva's husband...
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Boy Scouts in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A group of Boy Scouts, led by the Scout Leader, playing drums in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking down a street and a crowd of spectators is in th...
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Baby Huey & the Babysitters

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: View from above and behind the stage of Chicago R&B act Baby Huey & the Babysitters mid-performance, while the large festival audience stands around the st...
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Group of Bikers near Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of bikers wearing leather jackets representing their gang affiliations sit and stand on the ground. In the background is a crowd of people near the...
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Festival Grounds Camping Area

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: The Sound Storm music festival site as seen from the camping area. Attendees mill around many tents, campers and automobiles. In the far background a large...
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Sound Storm Festival Crowd

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: View from stage of the Sound Storm music festival audience. Behind the audience is sound system scaffolding, trucks, camper vans crowding the hill in the f...
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Street Scene, Salinas, California

Date: 1905
Description: View down a city street. Men and women walk past stores, restaurants, and Monterey County Bank, established in 1890.
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Theresa Parade

Date: 08 1995
Description: "Parade in Theresa, corner of Milwaukee & Henni St."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 91-96

Date: 
Description: The visionaries: slightly seeing as many improvements
as there are egos to reckon with
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Street View During Concert

Date: 09 1990
Description: View of Rock River Street during the annual outdoor concert.
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Rock Festival

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: People in front of outdoor stage at the Sound Storm rock festival. U-haul trucks and a crane are in the background.
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Sound Storm Rock Festival

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Group of men and women sitting on the ground and working on equipment at the "Sound Storm" rock festival. Trucks and automobiles are parked in the backgrou...
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Edgerton's Pat Boone Fan Club

Date: 07 08 1957
Description: The Edgerton Pat Boone fan club's major project is to repair used toys, games, and books for the Martin Luther Children's home in Stoughton. Club president...
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Anton Brees at the Carillon Keys

Date: 11 06 1957
Description: A man is playing a small double keyboard, from which tubes are extending. Behind him are large windows looking out towards a street scene. Across the stree...
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Tommy Ladnier, Daisy Matthews, and Irene Robinson on Baby Dodds' First Car

Date: 1923
Description: A man and two women sit on the running board of a car. Caption reads: "1st Car of Warren "Baby" Dodds, Negro drummer. 1923 Oldsmobile. Bright red. Price: $...

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