Hillsboro Band (Men's), 1895

Title

Hillsboro Band (Men's), 1895

Description

Portrait of band members, all men, in uniform, standing on a grassy yard in front of a brick wall with arched windows set in decorative stone frames. Their uniforms are dark, long-sleeved, with light stripes down the pants' legs and with five braided frog fasteners across the front, as well as decorative braid on the sleeves. Instruments are mostly brass, trumpets, tubas, trombones, cornets, etc, with two drums (bass and snare) and a clarinet and a flute. In the background, a small boy leans against the foundation of the building. Photo is on dark cardstock, with '[Chure]hley & Hargrave, headquarters Kelso, Washington' printed on the bottom. 'Hillsboro Band 1895' is printed in black ink across the top of the cardstock, and 'Hillsboro Band' is written in pencil in cursive on the bottom.

1. Bruce Wilkes, 2. W.W. McKinney, 3. Dr. C.B. Brown, 4. Cal Jack Jr., 5. Max Crandall, 6. Cecil Humphreys, 7. Len Whitcomb, 8. Benton Bowman, 9. [?] Spooner. Seated 10. William Wall, 11. E.L. McCormick, 12. Chas. Lamkin, 13. Sleger, 14. Frank Williams, 15. Holmes Chad tailor shop). 16. Boy back against building is Ward Downs. Return to Argus.

Identifier

WCMpic_000139

Creator

Churehley & Hargrave, Photographers Kelso, Washington

Subject

Bands (Music)

Music

Wilkes, Bruce

McKinney, Walter W.

Brown, C. B.

Jack, Calvin Jr.

Crandall, Max

Humphreys, Cecil

Whitcomb, Len

Bowman, Benton

Spooner, [?]

Wall, William

McCormick, E. L.

Lamkin, Charles

Sleger, [?]

Williams, Frank J.

Holmes, Chad

Downs, Ward

Western United States History

Social History

Local & State History

Spatial Coverage

Hillsboro, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

1895

Date

1895

Medium

photographic prints

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum