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Circus Group

Date: 1892
Description: A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent.
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'Howdy' Roberts Band Performs at IH Exhibit

Date: 1966
Description: The 'Howdy' Roberts Band performing inside an International Harvester exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. Band members are playing a clarinet, trumpet, accordi...
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Group of Entertainers

Date: 
Description: Five men and a boy outside a tent, one dancing with snakes, two others playing a guitar and mandolin.
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Musical Group at Louisiana State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A musical group comprised of men playing guitars, fiddles, an accordion, and a string bass perform on stage at the Louisiana State Fair.
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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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Phil Lesh on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Phil Lesh, bassist for the Grateful Dead on stage wearing a t-shirt reading "Fillmore West." Mickey Hart's drum kit can be seen to the right, and Bob Weir'...
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Grateful Dead Performing on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Side view of the Grateful Dead on stage, featuring Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Jerry Garcia, and Bill Kreutzmann, play on stage at the Sound Storm Fe...
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Phil Lesh and Bob Weir on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, bassist and guitarist (respectively) in the Grateful Dead, mid-performance at the Sound Storm festival. The bass guitar is made by ...
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Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: View from stage looking out towards crowd of Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann playing guitar and drums (respectively) with the Grateful Dead at the Sound S...
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Grateful Dead Performing on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: The Grateful Dead, featuring Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, playing on stage at the Sound Storm Festival with the audience in the b...
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Grateful Dead Performing on Stage

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: View from back of stage of the Grateful Dead, featuring Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, and Jerry Garcia, playing on stage at the Sound Storm Festiva...
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Bob Schmidtke Performing on Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Bob Schmidtke, guitarist for the band Captain Billy's Whiz Band performing with a Gibson Les Paul "goldtop" style guitar on stage at the Sound Storm music ...
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Boyd Sibley Performing Onstage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: View from stage of Boyd Sibley, keyboardist for the band HOPE, performing onstage at the Sound Storm music festival. There is a cowbell on top of the Hammo...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 421-427

Date: 
Description: A word without momentum that settled on a note of calm

caught wind

and spun its venom into froth, to cool
a Sunday afternoon in June

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