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Music for an Aeroplane
It was a modern age of wonder.Things once impossible were now ordinary.People flew across the sky in powerful machines.The sound of voices and music traveled over invisible air waves.Mankind attained...
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The Elegant Tuba
For most women a tuba is not a common fashion accessory.It's generally too big to fit into a lady's handbagand tuba slide grease can leave unsightly stains on a white blouse. But for a few select...
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The Spencer's Steel Works Prize Band
Win the gold medal. Take a first place. Bring home the silver cup.All prizes of competitionsbut not always just in sports.Musical pursuits can also rewardplayers for excellence. The accolades are...
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Music Hath Charms
It's a nice portrait of a musician, made more interesting because this older gentleman holds an unusual coiled brass instrument. It may look like a French horn, but it really isn't. Its shape has a...
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The Sinister Piper
A sinister piperdoes not imply a malevolent Scot,though bagpipes are known for their very disquieting sound.Here the adjective is used in an alternate definition.Sinister: of or on the left side;...
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Adventures in Ballooning
Jagdabenteur~Hunting Adventure A manned balloon careens through the air. Its anchor line has snared a man, dragging him through a marsh. A hunting party of stout gentlemen are suddenly alarmed that...
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Dancing Violinists
Playing the fiddleis a very physical activity.With a nimble movement of the bowrasping over the stringsa violinist transform a hollow wooden boxinto a brilliant musical instrument. The fiddler's...
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The Dreamland Boys Band
The image is blurred, hazy,with colors ill defined.The picture edges are torn,crumbling from decay.Yet as if in a dreamsilent faces stare at usacross a void of time.Their eyes seem to plead,"Do not...
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A Mountain Horn
For some people the wonders of natureare found in dramatic landscapes filled withmajestic mountains, spectacular waterfalls,verdant valleys, and glistening glaciers.But for a musician there is an...
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The Color of War
It's like a scene from ancient times.As a demonstration of its powera victorious army parades defeated enemy soldiersthrough the ruined streets of a conquered city.The now disarmed soldiers march in...
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Picture Perfect
Art does not have to be large and grand to be appreciated for its beauty of design.Sometimes a simple illustrationis equally charming. This is especially true in portrait sketches.A skilled artist...
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The Darling Saxophone Four
It's attention to details that makes a great photographer.To begin, your subjects always need to fit into a camera's view frame that's neither too close nor too faraway.Sometimes shoes are just as...
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The Atkins Family Band
One of the fun games to play with family photographsis comparing faces.Who has father's chinor mother's eyes? The larger the family,the more similarity or variety there is to find. But it's a rare...
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The Girls of the Alcazar d'été
Fame is not reserved just for royalty, politicians, and other luminaries. Sometime even a pretty petite dancercan become a celebrity recognized for her acclaimed contributions to the world of...
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Ringing in the Ears
There are some instrumentsthat are best appreciated from a distance,bagpipes for instance.But I think bells also fall into that category of faraway music.Whether they are bicycle bells, hand bells,...
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Season's Greetings from Old Wien
For a holiday treat I present best wishes of the winter season from old Wien ~ Viennacourtesy of my favorite Austrian postcard artistFritz Schönpflug (1873-1951). May your favorite horse win every...
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Looking Through the Lens of History
This colorful picture of a boy and a girl is a souvenir postcard. The duo are dressed in simple country clothes and the boy or young man is playing a flute-like instrument as the girl clings to his...
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The Royal Navy Ladies' Orchestra
In the best portrait photos it is the face that attracts the viewer's eye. It might be the balance of their expressions, their smile, or lack of one, combined with a tilt of the head and their gaze...
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The Imperial Ladies' Band of Chicago Junction, Ohio
Imperial is a word that's fallen out of fashion. There's not much need in the 21st century for a term signifying empire unless its applied to stormtroopers or stout. But in earlier times the world was...
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At, on and over Lake Constance
Schiffe, Segel, Tourenwagen,Flieger, Zeppelin in der Höh',Welch ein köstliches BehagenAm, auf und über'm Bodensee. ~ ~ ~Ships, sails, touring cars,Aviator, zeppelin in the air,What...
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