Sousa's grand concert band : Sousa's band at Manhattan Beach
Description
Image of the sixty-two members of John Philips Sousa's Grand Concert Band sitting with their musical instruments on stage with conductor John Philips Sousa standing at center, presumably for a performance at the Manhattan Beach Hotel in Brooklyn, New York.
Glass plate with a group portrait of the Merced Concert Band in a park. The group consists of 19 men in dark suits and hats, with one man, presumably the conductor, wearing a long coat and a top hat. The instruments are arranged in front of the seated band members, and a small boy is standing next to one of the men in the back row.
Glass plate with a group portrait of the Merced Concert Band in a park. The group consists of 19 men in dark suits and hats, with one man, presumably the conductor, wearing a long coat and a top hat. Night of the men are standing, eight are sitting in chairs, and two are sitting on the ground. Each man is holding his instrument.
Image of a central head-and-shoulders portrait of comedian Charles Boyle surrounded by seven full-length portraits of Boyle dressed in a military-style marching band leader's costume with a baton and music stand impersonating the American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa; the poster advertises the farce comedy "The Star-Boarder."
Image of thirty-five male military band members sitting on a stage holding musical instruments behind bandmaster Carl Clair who stands next to female musician Jessie Millar who stands on a pedestal labeled "Jessie Millar / Cornet Soloist"; with a small vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Clair at top center.
Image of a seven-piece minstrel band with African American children, a conductor, and a drummer playing musical instruments outdoors with a sunset behind them.
Image of a broadside with text advertising an April 27, 1854, concert of the Mendelssohn Society, a musical association, at Hotchkiss Hall in Waterbury, Connecticut; pasted sheets for "Thursday" and "27th," in the date cover the original printed text of "Tuesday" and "18th."
