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Collection Summary
Collection: C - C Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 3602-00001
Title: Lawrence Welk and his Hotsy Totsy Orchestra
Date: ca. 1920
Summary: Lawrence Welk and his Hotsy Totsy Orchestra pose for several pictures with and without their instruments on this promotional postcard from the Music Corporation of America.||Lawrence Welk left his farm home near Strasburg, North Dakota in 1924 to make his living in music. He led several bands that performed in the region. His band, the Hotsy Totsy Band, became the house band for radio station WNAX in Yankton, South Dakota in 1927. After several years, Welk began to expand his touring into a larger region. In 1951, he starred in a musical variety show on Los Angeles television. By the late 1950s, he was one of the biggest television stars in the country. This postcard was used to advertise his show on WNAX.
Red ID: PH_I_89259 Image ID: 43103 Image Notes: C3602-00001-back

Collection: C Digitized Images from Collection
Title: C Collection
Date: ca. 1836-1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

Collection Summary
Collection: C - C Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 3602-00001
Title: Lawrence Welk and his Hotsy Totsy Orchestra
Date: ca. 1920
Summary: Lawrence Welk and his Hotsy Totsy Orchestra pose for several pictures with and without their instruments on this promotional postcard from the Music Corporation of America.||Lawrence Welk left his farm home near Strasburg, North Dakota in 1924 to make his living in music. He led several bands that performed in the region. His band, the Hotsy Totsy Band, became the house band for radio station WNAX in Yankton, South Dakota in 1927. After several years, Welk began to expand his touring into a larger region. In 1951, he starred in a musical variety show on Los Angeles television. By the late 1950s, he was one of the biggest television stars in the country. This postcard was used to advertise his show on WNAX.
Red ID: PH_I_89259 Image ID: 43102 Image Notes: C3602-00001

Collection: C Digitized Images from Collection
Title: C Collection
Date: ca. 1836-1960

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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