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People Posing Under Awning

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Description: Men and women are posing standing and sitting under a rough awning. They are sitting in chairs and a hammock near a table in the woods. A few people are we...
Poster

Register Your Discontent. Vote.

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to register to vote. Includes a picture of a barefoot man with a guitar and blue jeans (a college student, hippie, musician...
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Group of People Under a Tree

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of ten people posing sitting and standing in front of a large tree, with houses in the background. One man is holding a guitar, and ...
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Fourth of July Parade Wagon

Date: 1906
Description: A group of people on a horse-drawn wagon. They are holding or playing instruments, and appear to be wearing blackface makeup. Text written at bottom reads:...
Postcard

Busy Road near Blanchardville

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Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of a busy road near Blanchardville. Men are driving a wagon hitched to eight horses, and people are standing in the roa...
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Waiting for the Lyle Lovett Concert to Begin

Date: 11 02 2014
Description: View from balcony looking down at the stage at the Overture Center. People are sitting in the ground floor seats. The stage is illuminated by blue spot lig...
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Labor Day

Date: 09 2013
Description: A crowd of men and women standing with fists raised in the air and holding signs at the Union Temple on Labor Day. A number of people in the foreground are...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico and their Madison friends gather at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico's Independence Day. Dr. Gustavo del Castillo, phy...
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A Hammock Outing

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Description: A group of people gathered on and around hammocks in a wooded area. Three women are sitting in a hammock on the left, and on the right three boys are sitti...
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Solidarity

Date: 08 2013
Description: A group of men and women gathered outdoors to protest the restriction of civil rights at the Wisconsin State Capitol at noontime. Three people are playing ...
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"Jammin with the People"

Date: 1971
Description: Pete Seeger, performing for a group of Vietnam War protesters in Texas, probably near Fort Hood.
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Solidarity Sing Along

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: A large screen in the Kohl Center at the Bernie Sanders rally is broadcasting the Solidarity Sing Along, a progressive and pro-labor group of people who si...
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Protesting Donald Trump

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A large group of people gathering outdoors at the Donald Trump rally. Luke McGowan-Arnold is playing his guitar, (with a harmonica and American flag attach...
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Trolley Guitar Concert

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Three people clapping and smiling near a man playing a guitar. Caption reads: "Railroad fans clapped to the rocking rhythm of a guitar player on a s...
Poster

"Mi primera novia" (My First Girlfriend) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Argentine film poster. Large, illustrated image of a man's head floating at the top with other smaller figures surrounding him. A band is playing on the le...
Photograph

Grateful Dead Performing

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: The Grateful Dead featuring Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Jerry Garcia, performing on stage with the sun setting behind them. Ron ...
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Patti Music

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards a three-story sandstone building. The ground floor is Patti Music, and the upper two floors are apartments. Guitars are on...

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