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Music on the Streets of Paris
1er Nov. 1901If I haven't written to you earlier,it is because there's nothing new and I haven't yetseen anyone.A thousand kisses — Paul It's a simple message written in Frenchon the bottom of a...
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The Odd Fellows Home Girl's Orchestra of Lexington, KY
Though the pavement is covered with rain,the young ladies are not wearing rain slickersbut sailor suits in a female dress versioncomplete with collar tie and service stripes on the sleeves.As noted on...
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The Waves of the Danube
With just a hint of a smilethe young woman looks slightly past the camera.She wears long pendant earrings with a wide hat stylishly tiltedand a fur stole draped over her shoulders.It's a fine...
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The Mandolin Club
People love to share their enthusiasm.Whether it's for tennis, chess, stamp collecting, photography, bird watching, or even blogging,people enjoy the company of otherswho take pleasure in the same...
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Mixed Messages
The people of the theater have always livedin a world of fantasy, pretense, and illusion.On a theater stage reality is suspended.The set is make-believe.The lighting is simulated. The actors pretend...
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Monument to the Fallen, Königsbrück 1918
This is an artist, a sculptor who happens to be French.He leans against his latest work,a stone figure of a wounded soldierlying prone on a battlefield. However his sculpture is not of a French...
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Classic Rock in Kansas
What makes a good vintage photograph?Is it the clarity? The tonal contrast?The artful pose and framing?Sometimes it's a good photo for what we don't see.A superior image might let us feel the warmth of...
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Music by the River
On a map, the two great rivers, the Danube and the Nileare unconnected.Flowing through separate continents,one river runs west to east,and the other south to north.Yet once upon a time they shared a...
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Music for a Sideshow
A tiny micro storyteased out of a photo postcard. "Can you see anything, TJ? What's goin' on?" said Archie as he knelt down. "Shush up! Keep quiet." hissed Tom. "You'll get yer turn." He...
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The Lucky Band on the USS Minnesota
We live in a world of instantaneous communication.Press 'SEND' and your twitter comment is whisked away to France.Tap 'SHARE' and your video of a bear in the garden is transported to California.Click...
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Four Musical Jokers
What makes a clarinet funny?By itself, nothing, as it's not really an odd looking instrument.But placed in the wrong hands it is capable of making the most distressing noises.Especially if it's the...
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A Pair of Kings
They were once the most recognizable men in the world. A trimmed beard and a upturned mustache representing the two great world powers of their time. Everyone knew who they werebecause their faces...
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The Art of Zeppelins
It was a warm mid-summer evening. Strung out along the lake shoreline of Manzell, a village on the outskirts of Friedrichschafen, Germany were thousands of people waiting patiently to see the great...
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No Smiling, Please.
A very tiny photo nano-story.As they clustered together in the parlor like a flock of chickens, George, the photographer, told them severely, "There will be a flash of light and it might make you...
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La Sérénade des Clowns
Ladies and Gentlemen,Tonight, I present to youthe celebrated and world famous duoLes ConchesComedians and Musical Virtuososall the way from Paris, France. This pair of French entertainers appeared...
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Music for the Birds
Their music was played loud and brassy, though the townsfolk thought it too sassy, but out in the yard it sounded a treatand even the tuba sang so sweet, that their neighbors thought it...
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The Family Portrait
It's a classic portrait of a young family. A husband and wife pose with their two children, a daughter, perhaps at age three or four, and an infant, a boy (maybe?) that is only a few months old. The...
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Portrait of a Young Violinist
It was a special day for a photograph.The young girl is dressed in black hose, buckled shoes,and a beautiful white lace frock.Her wavy hair has been carefully combed backand tied with a large white...
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More Fashion Styles for Lady Cornetists
Charm, elegance, sophistication.These are words often applied to feminine fashions,a common feature seen in the portraits of female musicians in my photograph collection.Of course, except for the...
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The Side Show Altohorn
The poor E-flat alto horn never gets much respect. It probably doesn't help that it is called a tenor horn in Britain and an alto horn in America, where it was once a common instrument in traditional...
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