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[Brigadier General George Bell]

Description: Postcard of Brigadier General George Bell. This image appears to show the arrival of General Bell into El Paso, Texas. Two unknown Army soldiers, perhaps one man is his driver, are flanking General Bell who is wearing the white mustache. Also, the Army band stands to the left of the General - the band was usually reserved for special ceremonies or for change in command ceremonies as well. One member of the Army Band is holding a French Horn. Brigadier General Bell replaced Brigadier Genera… more
Date: 1916~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Photograph of Simmons College Band, 1910-11]

Description: Photograph for the Simmons College band from the 1910-11 school year, showing the members of the band on the front steps of a campus building. There are 26 people standing in two rows with their instruments. A small child wearing a matching uniform stands in front of the bottom row.
Date: [1910..1911]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Students' Army Training Corps drills]

Description: Photograph of group of recruits from the Students' Army Training Corps at West Texas State Normal College. The recruits are marching along an unpaved path with the college Administration Building in the background. The recruits are led by men are playing musical instruments with the remainder marching in tight formation.
Date: 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Students' Army Training Corps drills]

Description: Photograph of Students' Army Training Corps recruits participating in a drill on the West Texas State Normal College campus. A line of soldiers stand in formation before the college main building, with a small group of soldiers holding musical instruments standing to one side.
Date: 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[1911 HSU Band]

Description: Copy slide of a photograph of the Simmons College Band in white uniforms and with their musical instruments. One of the drums is labeled with the text "Simmons College Band".
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Circus Parade]

Description: Photograph of a circus parade on a town street featuring a horse-drawn caravan with a small band of musicians playing brass instruments on top of it; on the right there are several large brick buildings and people watching the parade.
Date: [1911..1934]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Photograph of Meredith Lewis with Horn]

Description: Photograph of a young boy wearing a band uniform and holding a small trumpet while standing in a fenced yard with houses in the background. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say, "South side of front yard, Hickory St. at 16th St. Looking east across Hickory (Person's house and barns in background)" and "Meredith Lewis, first mascot of first uniformed Simmons College Band, of which his father C.H. Lewis was director and organizer. Holding 'Daddy's horn.' About 1911 or 1912."
Date: [1911,1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Richardson Concert Band

Description: Photograph of Richardson Concert Band. They are all holding instruments, and a drum sitting on the left side of the image says "Richardson Concert Band." Members are identified as (top row) Dick Bowser, Grover Huffhines, Roy Chick, W. E. Dean, Jim Stratton, Charlie Reddick, Newt Harris, A. C. Ligon, Lawrence Meason, Royce Huffhines, Charlie Pirkle, Mack Bowser, Tory Kieth, (bottom row) Tommy Nelson, Bert Parks, Horace Goode, Brigs Park, William S. Skiles, Bob Harris, W. T. Cox, Buford Tune, R… more
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Richardson Public Library

[Photograph of Rowena Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of the 1912 Rowena Brass Band, comprised of 12 members, posed in two rows with their instruments in front of the bank in Rowena, Texas. Standing, back row left to right: William H. Ruppoert, Joe Pavlicek, Charlie Beach, Arthur Ruppert, Ed Cervenka, Henry H. Ernst; Seated, front row left to right: Mike Feist, John Schuhmann, Alfred Ruppert, Hubert Cervenka, Joseph Zak, Anton Pustka.
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.647620 -100.048789
Partner: Abilene Library Consortium

[Soldiers Enjoying Music]

Description: Photograph of soldiers enjoying music. The soldiers have gathered around a gazebo in downtown El Paso and are enjoying an outdoor concert. There are two motorcycles in the center of this photograph that are most likely Indian Motorcycles.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[U.S. Army Band]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Army band on horseback. Barely visible behind clouds of dust, several Cavalry soldiers can be seen riding behind the band. The Franklin Mountains are visible in the background. Several buildings can be seen behind the clouds of dust.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Scrapbook Page: Denton and Camp Bowie Scenes]

Description: Scrapbook page with seven photographs depicting scenes of people in Denton, Camp Bowie, and Dallas. The first column includes photos of Vernon Castle's airplane, a group of women standing around the Red Cross bull, and the Denton Bagpipers marching at courthouse square in Denton, Texas. The second column includes photos of Bowie, Texas: "Guard mount at Bowie" and "Company Street, Co 'H', 144 U.S. Inf." The third column includes photos of Joe Gurley and a group of uniformed band members in Dalla… more
Date: 1918~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Brownsville Historical Association

Normal College Band

Description: Photograph of te North Texas State Normal College, Normal College Band, 1918-19. Men and women holding musical instruments and standing on stairs in front of brick building. Julia Smith, composer of the alma mater, stands to the left of the drum, holding a saxophone.
Date: [1918..1919]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard of Infantry Replacement Band]

Description: Postcard of the Infantry Replacement Band, a large group of soldiers holding instruments, at Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note in Italian on the back of the postcard is addressed to "Al caro amico E. Marino" in Kansas City, Missouri and says, "Questa è la band dove appartengo. Sí puo trovarmi? C'ha un punto. Su una spalla." In this note the author identifies himself as the band member with a mark on his shoulder. Fifth sitting man from the left.
Date: October 24, 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter to Alma Hiller, October 8, 1917]

Description: Letter to Alma Hiller from her little cousin, "Hef", who writes about what it's like for him at Camp MacArthur, a military training base in Waco, Texas. The letter also discusses other family members, including a newborn baby in the family. The stationery letterhead has on its left and right side, respectively, an American flag image and a symbol that consists of a triangle within a circle, and it reads, "National War Work Council, Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Associations, 'with the col… more
Date: October 8, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]

Description: Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).
Date: August 6, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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