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A Vermont Mandolin Orchestra?
I found this picture behind another picture. It was being used for its cardboard! The picture that was in front of it was a portrait of my 3rd great grandfather who was a civil war veteran. I know of no one in my family who was in a group like this. My dad who is 87...
Ada Foster and Band
These photos were owned by my great grandmother Ada Foster. Editor's note: "Every one a Gibson!", including the mighty Style "U" harp guitar! Bronwyn O'Brien (received 05/2014)
Providence Mandolin Orchestra
Please find attached a great photo of the PMO from the Oct 1913 issue of the Cadenza. Mark Davis (received 05/2014)
Nell Wilson Pond
This picture picture was taken in Orange, Texas around 1900. My grandmother was a talented musician who played piano, gave voice lessons as well as playing violin and mandolin. She was a featured performer at the Orange Opera House, provided piano accompaniment to...
Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra
This photo is of the Bonne Amie Musical Circle (now the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra), the oldest fretted-instrument music organization in the United States, in 1908. (received 4-2016)
Year in Japan!
CMSA has been contacted by a casting director for Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan: https://usjauditions.com.au/gallery/. They are producing a show based on three violinists playing classical and pop music; for 2018, they are adding a Mandolinist and a Shimisen...