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City Band of York, Pennsylvania, 1915

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 02:18:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of stripes.

Drumhead: “City Band of York, Pa."

Credit line: "Photo by M. J. Murnane, York, Pa., 1915."

Printed on the back: "M. J. Murnane, No. 227 W. Market St., York, Pa. At the Bridge."

This is a divided-back real photo postcard with an Azo stamp box design (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side. The time frame of 1907 to 1918 is commonly associated with this type of design, and that matches the 1915 date of the photo.

The name of "Elwood Slaugenhaupt" -- he was born in 1917 and died in 2000, according to Find A Grave -- is written on the other side. Slaugenhaupt would have been too young to have been one of the musicians pictured in the photo.

The Conductor of the Band at the Zillertal Beer Hall, Hamburg, Germany, ca. 1960s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:54:04 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of booze and music.

"Hamburg-St. Pauli. Zillertal bleibt Zillertal." ("Zillertal remains the Zillertal.")

Partially visible on the wall in the background: "Schaug das'd in Schwung kimmst!" (According to one source, this translates as "I see you come to life" in the Bavarian dialect).

This is a souvenir real photo postcard from the Zillertal, a Bavarian-style beer hall that was located in the notorious Reeperbahn area in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, Germany. The man wearing a suit and holding a baton is a tourist pretending to be the conductor of the house band, whose lederhosen-clad members are surrounding him. Other souvenir photos typically show the band with groups of tourists holding mugs of beer.

See the Zillertal, Hamburg section of the Reardon Smith Ships site for photos of the exterior and interior of the Zillertal along with two more souvenir pictures.

House of David Band, Benton Harbor, Michigan

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 21:43:28 +0000

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"61. House of David - Benton Harbor, Mich."

The House of David was a religious commune in Benton Harbor, Michigan, whose members performed in touring bands (like the one above), played on baseball teams, and ran an amusement park that featured miniature trains (like the ones below). Benjamin Purnell (see below) and his wife Mary formed the group in 1903.

Universal Ball, Keene, New Hampshire, March 5, 1852

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 06:57:41 +0000

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A ticket or invitation for a "Universal Ball" held in Keene, New Hampshire, on March 5, 1852.

As listed on the ticket, musician S. K. Conant played both the violin and the "Kolquearougion," an instrument he invented. Although a newspaper article in 1859 called his invention the "Kolquearougion Bells," I haven't been able to uncover any additional information about it.

Universal Ball

Your company, with ladies, is respectfully solicited at the Town Hall, in Keene, on Friday evening, March 5, 1852.

Music by Hall & Conant's Celebrated Lowell Brass Band.

D. C. Hall, cornet and bugle; S. K. Conant, violin and Kolquearougion; B. Hall, clarionett and piccolo; G. P. Kittredge, violin and prompter; W. Bennett, bass.

Tickets, $1.50, to be obtained of authorized agents, and at the door.

Dancing to commence at seven o'clock.

The Singer Band of Mechanicsburg at the Grangers' Picnic, Williams Grove, Pa., 1915

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 03 May 2017 13:42:41 +0000

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Drumhead: "Singer, Mechanicsburg, Pa." Caption at the bottom of the photo: "Grangers Picnic, 1915."

The Singer Band of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, posed for this photo in 1915 at the Grangers' Picnic, which was an annual event held each summer at the Williams Grove Amusement Park.

Prior to the picnic, the Harrisburg Telegraph newspaper, August 28, 1915, p. 4, announced the Singer Band's participation: "Concerts at the Granger's Picnic at Williams' Grove next week will be given by the Singer Band of Mechanicsburg."

The Singer Band--named for David Singer, an early leader of the group--is still in existence today. Additional photos of the band are available on the Singer Band's Web site.

Tressler Orphans' Home Band, Loysville, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 15:27:24 +0000

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A real photo postcard of the "Tressler Orphans' Home Band, Loysville, Pa."

For another orphanage music group, see Girls' Saxophone Band, Evangelical Orphanage, Lewisburg, Pa.

All Stars at Augustaville Dance, Jan. 21, 1933

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:03:26 +0000

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"All Stars at Augustaville dance. Coleman caller. 1-21-'33."

The musicians ("All Stars") and caller ("Coleman," with megaphone) for a dance that evidently took place in Augustaville, Pennsylvania, in 1933.

Martin's Susquehanna Eight

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:51:30 +0000

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I haven't been able to locate any information regarding this jazzy bunch of musicians. "Susquehanna," though, suggests an association with the Susquehanna River, which flows through Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland. Or perhaps they were students at Susquehanna University, which is located in Selinsgrove, Pa.