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Boy Scout Band, OK
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1917? The Scouts got a hand with the horn and drums.
The Arabian Knights 1929
Not an electrified guitar in sight - bet they sounded great! (BTW - love the background curtains.)
1926 school band
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A whole row of violins - and they're all girls!
1940, WPA
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It looks like these little darlings made their own instruments. SO cute!
Band at the Mayflower Mine
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1903 - hearing good music in the great outdoors. Always a treat.
A 1900 band
With guns???? Guess you better have liked their music!
Children's home band, 1928
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They're not exactly smiling, and times must have been hard, but music must have picked up their spirits.
Army band, 1919
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There's plenty to offend in this photo of the WWI band. That was entertainment in 1919.
French brass band
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I hear Sousa music when I look at them!
Coronet band, 1909
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Again with the Sousa! (Since it was NY, they probably did play some Sousa.)
Fiddle band, 1930's
I still love the fiddle - maybe it's my Kentucky roots?
Post office band
Not a very big band but with all of those drums, they must have made some noise!
1918?
The description says 1915 but the banner says 1918 - they are a spiffy bunch!
Family band, late 1910's
Before radio became common in homes in the 1920's, families provided their own entertainment. The zither!
Civil War Drum Corps, 1863
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They may not have marched into battle like in the Revolutionary War, but they must have boosted morale.
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They look very relaxed in this photo.
Military band, 1923
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In contrast, this military band is "getting down"!
Christian Brothers band
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1932 - they look very impressive.
1926 Jazz band
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This school jazz band (from our hometown, San Jose) is so clean cut!
Today, most bands have some electronic instruments but these photos show simply humans and their instruments - celebrating music as it has been played for thousands of years (before radio, tv, and the internet brought entertainment to you).
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