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[Frieda Starr Song Recital]

Description: Photograph of opera singer Frieda Starr standing on stage with pianist Irene Putegnat, Mrs. James Wells, and several other unidentified people during a recital at Fort Brown. On the left side of the stage Putegnat, a woman wearing a light-colored dress, is sitting on a stool in front of a piano and looking towards Starr, who is standing in the center of the stage wearing a hat, dark-colored blouse, and skirt, and holding a baton Five men are standing in a row behind her and on the right side of… more
Date: April 5, 1918
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Frieda Starr Recital]

Description: Photograph of opera singer Frieda Starr standing on stage with pianist Irene Putegnat, Mrs. James Wells, and several other unidentified people during a recital at Fort Brown. On the left side of the stage Putegnat, a woman wearing a light-colored dress, is sitting on a stool in front of a piano and looking towards Starr, who is standing in the center of the stage wearing a hat, dark-colored blouse, and skirt, and holding a baton Five men are standing in a row behind her and on the right side of… more
Date: April 5, 1918
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Children Holding Percussion Instruments]

Description: Photograph of a group of children holding percussion instruments, posing on the steps of a building. They are all wearing uniforms, the girls wearing pleated skirts and jackets, and the boys wearing collared shirts, ties, and slacks. Every child is holding a percussion instrument including tambourins, triangles, and drums. Eleven of the children are identified on the back of the photo.
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarleton State University

[Performance at Fort Brown]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers sitting in rows of benches inside at Fort Brown watching a musical performance. In the foreground several soldiers holding trumpets, trombones, horns, and other musical instruments are sitting facing each other on the left and right and flowers and wreaths are visible on the edge of a stage. In the front row on the right four children wearing light-colored clothing can be seen sitting next to soldiers and at the back of the room a row of men are standing … more
Date: April 5, 1918
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Ebony Band Members]

Description: Photograph of thirteen men and boys in uniform posing in several rows holding musical instruments in front of a brick building. The men in the back row are standing and holding tubas, euphoniums, trombones and other brass instruments except for the young man on the far right who is standing with his arms folded. In front of them four men are sitting in chairs, the two in the front holding clarinets and the two behind them holding trumpets. In the front a young boy is sitting on the ground next … more
Date: June 4, 1911
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Soldiers at Fort Brown]

Description: Photograph of a large group of soldiers sitting in rows of benches inside at Fort Brown watching a musical performance. In the foreground several soldiers holding trumpets, trombones, horns, and other musical instruments are sitting facing each other on the left and right and flowers and wreaths are visible on the edge of a stage. In the front row on the right four children wearing light-colored clothing can be seen sitting next to soldiers and at the back of the room a row of men are standing … more
Date: April 5, 1918
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Children With Electric Keyboards]

Description: Photograph of a group of six children and two adults holding electric keyboards. The two adults are identified on the back of the photo as "Madelain Funkhauser" and "Virginia Bareknan." The leftmost and rightmost sitting girls are identified on the back as "Dorthy Davis Green" and "[I]va Louise Trewitt."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarleton State University

[Photograph of Musicians with Instruments]

Description: Photograph of eight musicians holding their instruments in a parlor. There are seven men and one woman (sitting next to the piano) and there are several portable music stands in front of the group. "A. L. Palmer, 2702 Lucas Ave." is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Curtis Estate

[Chamber of Commerce Band]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified men holding musical instruments posing in three rows on the steps in front of a large brick building. In the foreground on the left a bass drum is resting on a small stand and in the front row four men are holding clarinets, two trumpets, one a snare drum, and one on the far right is standing with his hands at his sides, identified as Crisoforo Perez. Behind them the men in the second row are holding a clarinet, two horns, three saxophones, and two trumpets… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

[Soldiers Playing Live Music]

Description: Photograph of Leathernecks of Headquarters Squadron 24, Marine Aircraft Group 24 listen to music courtesy of Stephen Koenig, III (violin) and others while aboard ship somewhere in the South Pacific during 1943. Cpl. Koenig from Alvin, Texas was a field music stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, California, with MAG-24 before deployment to the island of Bougainville. Three soldiers in the center of the frame hold an archtop acoustic guitar, a violin, and a mandolin. The soldier p… more
Date: 1943
Partner: Private Collection of the Koenig Family
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