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Carlyle Larsen

The amazing life of Carlyle Larsen who returned to Minnesota to play trumpet after WWII.

Aired 03/19/2020

Postcards

Carlyle Larsen

Clip: Season 11 Episode 3 | 10m 12sVideo has Closed Captions

The amazing life of Carlyle Larsen who returned to Minnesota to play trumpet after WWII.

The amazing life of Madison’s Carlyle Larsen. A Morse Code radio operator in WWII who survived Japanese bombing raids, Larsen returned to western Minnesota to play trumpet for more than 1800 dances with five different bands over a period of 54 years.

Aired 03/19/2020

Postcards is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS

Production sponsorship is provided by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Explore Alexandria Tourism, Shalom Hill Farm, Margaret A. Cargil Foundation, 96.7kram and viewers like you.

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Canoe Project, Tamara Isfeld, Carlyle Larsen

A new episode of Postcards airs Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m. on Pioneer PBS. (40s)

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Tamara Isfeld believes in getting art out of the classroom and into the community. (7m 32s)

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Postcards is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS

Production sponsorship is provided by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Explore Alexandria Tourism, Shalom Hill Farm, Margaret A. Cargil Foundation, 96.7kram and viewers like you.

Margaret A. Cargill96.7 KRAM
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