Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "drums"

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.

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.

Orphans Home Band, Loysville, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:15:04 +0000

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A real photo postcard showing the Tressler Orphans' Home Band. "Tressler" was part of its name beginning sometime in the nineteenth century, so I'm not sure why it's missing from the drum in this early twentieth-century photo.

For a later incarnation of the band—with spiffier uniforms and a different drumhead—see Tressler Orphans' Home Band, Loysville, Pa.

Maypole March, May 1914 (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 01 May 2018 20:14:02 +0000

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For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

Maypole March, May 1914

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 01 May 2018 20:14:04 +0000

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"The March, May 1914."

A real photo postcard of a May Day march. A couple of guys with drums are leading the way, and a group of children are carrying a maypole rather than dancing around it.

For a better view of the maypole marchers, mouse over the image above to see a cropped version.

Yankee Doodle Came to Town on the Fourth of July

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:35:14 +0000

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"Yankee Doodle came to town. July 4."

Nothing Succeeds Like Success, Galt House, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1880s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:47:18 +0000

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The reverse of a nineteenth-century advertising card for the Galt House hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio (see below). The "Nothing Succeeds Like Success" text appeared in newspapers and magazines as early as 1881, including the Madison Weekly Herald, Madison, Indiana, April 27, 1881.

Nothing Succeeds Like Success

It has heretofore been a mystery to us why STRANGERS are generally charged so extravagantly by HOTELS in large cities. Happening a short time since at the GALT HOUSE, corner Sixth and Main Streets, CINCINNATI, OHIO, managed by W. E. MARSH, Jr., son of the proprietor who established the Galt House FIFTY years ago, the mystery was solved. The accommodations at the GALT HOUSE ARE EQUAL in every respect to the best TWO-DOLLAR per day hotel, and yet the charges are only ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per day for meals and room; single meals THIRTY-FIVE CENTS. The GALT is HEADQUARTERS for the most complete meals, which together with FREE use of the PARLOR, OFFICE, CHECK-ROOM, etc., constitute the greatest bargain obtainable in the city. The solution is easy when the facts are known. The GALT is run exclusively in the interest of STRANGERS, the same RATE being charged per day, all times to EVERY ONE. Whatever will produce a reasonable RENT for the property is the EXTENT of its charges, thus doing away with the usual LESSEE’s profits. Its management is constantly under the immediate and personal control of the OWNER W. E. MARSH, Jr. Its employees being paid according to the volume of business, are efficient and reasonable in cost. The above peculiarities, a low, UNIFORM price, a reasonable RENT-charge ONLY, a rigorous and practical supervision of its internal affairs, and CO-OPERATIVE salary payments, have secured the GALT a fair transient trade, and the experiment is a success, producing RENT for the real estate. To this benefactor, who has made it possible to stay TWO DAYS in the city at the usual expense of ONE, we heartily recommend our friends.

Galt House, Cincinnati, Ohio, ca. 1880s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:47:20 +0000

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A patriotic advertising card for the Galt House hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio. The text on the other side of the card--Nothing Succeeds Like Success (see below)--appeared in various newspapers and magazines as early as 1881.

The Cincinnati Galt House was apparently named after the original Galt House hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Galt House
Cor. Sixth & Main, Cincinnati, O.

Galt House, $1.50 per day for meals and room, Single meals, 35 cts.
W. E. Marsh, Jr., prop’r. Established in 1836 by W. E. Marsh, Sr.

Street cars for Zoological Garden and other places of interest pass the door.

W. A. Adams, eng.

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.

Worst Clambake I Ever Went To

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:02:10 +0000

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"Worst clam bake I ever went to. Tables set in open field. Broiling hot sun. Clams half done. One waiter to our table. Everything in the bake was smoky. Everybody disgusted. C. L. Deane."

Complaints about the food and service at a clambake that was held over 125 years ago. For more information, see the front of this ticket:

Labor Day Clambake Ticket, Bristol County Association of the G.A.R., Sept. 6, 1888

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:02:12 +0000

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"Bristol County Association. G.A.R. Clambake. Riverview Park, Labor Day. Seat No. 332."

Handwritten additions to the front of this ticket: "C. L. Deane & J.D.H. Jr. Sep. 6/88. (over.)"

Handwritten note on the back (see below): "Worst clam bake I ever went to. Tables set in open field. Broiling hot sun. Clams half done. One waiter to our table. Everything in the bake was smoky. Everybody disgusted. C. L. Deane."

"C. L. Deane" was clearly displeased with the food and service at the clambake that he and "J.D.H. Jr." attended as part of an early observance of Labor Day in 1888. The Bristol County Association, based in Bristol County, Massachusetts, was a local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), an American Civil War veterans' organization.

C. L. Deane may have been Charles Learned Deane (1871-1955). If so, he would have been only 17 years old when he registered his complaints about the clambake on his ticket for seat no. 332.

Pomeroy's Juvenile Hour Performers

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:40:02 +0000

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"Pomeroy's Juvenile Hour. WEEU. Bernie, program director. Photo by Pomeroy's."

Pomeroy's was a department store that had locations in Reading, Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, and other Pennsylvania cities. This real photo postcard, which shows the Reading store in the upper left-hand corner, was used to advertise Pomeroy's Juvenile Hour radio show, which debuted sometime in the 1930s. Various local radio stations carried the show, including WEEU in Reading and WHP in Harrisburg.

Pomeroy's ran ads for the Juvenile Hour in newspapers, too, as this excerpt from the Harrisburg Telegraph, Sept. 29, 1932, p. 8, demonstrates: "Pomeroy's, 'Harrisburg's Greatest Department Store,' Saturday, 9:30 a.m. You are invited to attend our first 'Juvenile Hour' radio broadcast direct from our broadcasting studio on the third floor. See and hear Harrisburg's future radio stars as they broadcast over radio station WHP. These performers are all between the ages of 2 and 12, and you'll marvel at their exhibition. If you are unable to attend the broadcast in person, tune in at 9:30 Saturday morning on station WHP and you'll get an hour of radio sunshine and happiness that will thrill you for a long time to come. Pomeroy's 'Juvenile Hour' will be on the air every Saturday morning, 9:30 to 10:30."

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.

The Royal Dukes

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:14:02 +0000

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It's probably not the Cavern Club, but the venue does look like it's in a cellar somewhere. Anyone ever hear of the Royal Dukes? (There's an unrelated Texas-based Royal Dukes Band, too.)

Reward of Merit for Punctuality, Industry, and Good Conduct

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:01:56 +0000

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"Reward of Merit for Punctuality, Industry, and Good Conduct presented to Mary Geller by Virginia Fair, teacher."

With an illustration of a U.S. Civil War soldier in the middle panel.

Holiday Greetings from E. R. Barry, the Hanover Street Confectioner, Manchester, N.H.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:54:48 +0000

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"Holiday Greetings of E. R. Barry, the Hanover St. Confectioner. Bufford."

Although this advertising trade card likely dates to the 1880s or 1890s, E. R. Barry continued in business into the twentieth century, as evidenced by the text of an advertisement in The Manchester [New Hampshire] Directory, 1908 (Boston: Sampson and Murdock, 1907): "E. R. Barry Co., confectioners, caterers, and bakers, ice cream, etc. Dinner served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 35 cents. Odd Fellows' Block, 81 and 89 Hanover Street, Manchester, N.H."

See below for some other Victorian trade cards that feature Santa Claus:

Santa Claus Soap, Best for the Laundry

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 22:17:35 +0000

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"Santa Claus Soap, best for the laundry. Made only by the N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, St. Louis, New York. Carqueville, Chicago. Fairbank's Santa Claus Soap."

Santa in an Airship High Over the Panama Canal

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:49:45 +0000

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"X-mas Greetings. N. America. Merry Christmas Series 403."

Even Santa Claus noticed the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914!

See also Panama Canal Drawing Book, 1914:

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.

Fife and Drum Band (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:58:04 +0000

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See also the full version of this real photo postcard.