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Group of People Singing in Parlor

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Description: Three women and two men playing instruments and singing in a parlor. Man plays a bass, while a woman plays a guitar.
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Garden Party

Date: 07 12 1970
Description: A woman in a polka-dotted suit chats with two men wearing wildly-patterned slacks and sport coats at a summer party. A man plays drums in the background.
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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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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Helene Stratman-Thomas and Two Women

Date: 08 10 1946
Description: A group portrait of three women. (l to r) Song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, Mrs. Kamma Grumstrup, a singer of old ballads in Danish, and possibly Beri...
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and a Woman Playing Instruments

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl...
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Lily Richmond and a Woman

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond (b.1862), right, with Ollie Greene Lewis.
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Blooziana Concert Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing a concert by the group Blooziana at the Nitty Gritty in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Woman Practicing Clarinet in Barn

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Description: Member of local farmers band practicing clarinet in barn.
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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Women's Chorus In The WHA's Studio

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Women's chorus performing in WHA studio.
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Two Women and Piano

Date: 1900
Description: Two well-dressed young women pose in front of a piano. One holds a fan in her lap, the other holds a piece of sheet music titled "When We Were Two Little B...
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Woman Broadcasting Music at Veterans Administration Hospital

Date: 10 15 1947
Description: Woman seated at radio broadcasting console playing music for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital on the grounds of Mendota State Hospital.
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Welsh Songfest

Date: 1946
Description: John Williams leading a congregation at Peniel Church in song at Gymanfa Ganu, a Welsh songfest.
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Madison Civic Symphony Rehearsal

Date: 10 25 1953
Description: Conductor Walter Heermann leading the civic orchestra in a rehearsal in Scanlan hall.
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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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University of Wisconsin Players Opera Finalists

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a...
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Waterfront Festival

Date: 06 2014
Description: View from behind of an audience of men and women standing, or sitting in folding chairs, in front of a large stage. Four men are playing guitars, bass, and...
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Benefit Musicale at St. Francis House

Date: 03 19 1957
Description: Four women in ethnic costume and gowns pose behind a harp. Shown left to right are: Marjunice West, who sang songs of Norway and is shown in a dress which ...

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