Vintage Brass Band Pictures

United States of America
Many early American bands were brass-only ensembles, others included various woodwind instruments in precursors of the traditional marching or concert band instrumentation. Examples of the latter are also included here.

Alabama
  • Thorsby Cornet Band, 1907
  • US Army Band, Camp Sheridan

    Alaska
  • Juneau Native Band
  • Metlakahtla Cornet Band

    Arizona
  • Arizona Indians Band, c.1900
  • Globe City Band
  • Indian School Band, Phoenix

    Arkansas
  • Arkansas City High School Band, 1908
  • Huntington Cornet Band, 1916
  • Leola Band, 1910
  • Miners' Band, Eureka Springs, 1880s
  • Paragould Band, 1890s

    California
  • 5th Regiment Band, San Jose
  • Ashland Band
  • Band, Covelo
  • Band, Covelo
  • Band, Covelo, 1914
  • Bridgport Band, Mono County, 1906
  • Claremont Band
  • Colusa Band, 1911
  • Dutch Flat Band
  • Exeter Juvenile Band, 1910
  • Finnish Sulo Band, Fort Bragg
  • Fullerton Military Band, 1913
  • Los Angeles Band
  • Municipal Band, Long Beach, 1916
  • Native Son Band, Sacramento
  • Rocklin Band, 1911
  • San Quentin Prison Band, 1880
  • San Quentin Prison Band, 1912
  • Southern Pacific Railway Co. Band, Shasta, 1880s
  • Stockton Amateur Band, c.1895
  • Tulare City Military Band, 1880s
  • Whittier State School Band

    Colorado
  • Colorado Midland Band
  • Denver Band
  • Denver Post Boys Band
  • Greely Concert Band
  • Ladies Band, Rifle
  • Lincoln Military Band, Mount Airy, Denver
  • Monrovia City Band, 1890
  • Montrose Band, 1905
  • Women's Band, 1910

    Connecticut
  • Ansonia Band
  • Konomoc Hose Co. Band, New London
  • Nonnawank Band, Seymour
  • Polish Falcon Band, Torrington
  • Wheeler and Wilson Band, Bridgeport, 1908
  • Wheeler and Wilson Band, Bridgeport, 1910

    Delaware
  • Browns Family Orchestra, Wilmington
  • Henry and Young Band, Wilmington
  • Lewes Boys Band, 1911

    District Of Columbia
  • Marine Band
  • US Marine Band, "The President's Own"

    Florida
  • 9th U.S. Band, Key West
  • Band, 1894
  • Band, Lake Placid, 1894
  • Band, St Augustine
  • Bartow City Band
  • Florida Industrial School for Boys Band
  • Fort Meade Band
  • Jenkin's Orphanage Band, YMCA Building, St Petersburg, 1920s
  • Moses Band, Williams Park, St Petersburg
  • Palatka Band
  • Sanford Band
  • Sniders Band
  • Sunshine City Band, St Petersburg, 1913
  • Talahassee Salvation Army Band

    Georgia
  • Atlanta Police Band
  • Paul Moss Orphanage and Industrial Home Band, Augusta, 1913

    Hawaii
  • Royal Hawaiian Band, 1907
  • Royal Hawaiian Band, 1910

    Idaho
  • Idaho Silver Cornet Band, 1890
  • Idaho Silver Cornet Band, 1898
  • Pleasant Valley Cornet Band, Power County
  • Twin Falls Boys Band, 1911

    Illinois
  • Band, Danville
  • Band, Princeton
  • Belleprairie Band, 1911
  • Bell's Band, Bellvidere, 1910
  • Bement Band
  • Brooke's Marine Band, Chicago
  • Brown County Band
  • Brown County Band
  • Camp 1037 MWA Band, Oquawka
  • Capital Band, Springfield
  • Carmi Band, 1907
  • Charleston Band, 1910
  • Chicago News Boys Band, 1910
  • Chicago News BoysBand, Princeton
  • Chicago Staff Band, 1909
  • Clyde Concert Band
  • Coffeen Cornet Band
  • Danville Band
  • Danville Band
  • Davis Band, 1918
  • Du Quoin Juvenile Band
  • Elgin Band
  • Georgetown Band, 1890
  • Gibler Band, Mattoon, 1916
  • Greenville Band, 1909
  • Illinois Refrigerator Factory Band, Morrison
  • Illinois Refrigerator Factory Band, Morrison
  • Jacobs Family Band
  • Jeffries Band, Jacksonville, 1909
  • Ladies Band, Durand
  • Mooseheart High School Concert Band
  • Morin Band, 1890
  • Odd Fellows Orphans Home Band, Lincoln, 1909
  • Odd Fellows Orphan's Home Band, Peoria, 1920s
  • Ogden Knights of Pythias Band
  • Onarga Band, 1908
  • Orangeville Cornet Band
  • P & O Band, Canton
  • P&O 5th Regiment Band, Canton
  • Phinney's US Band, Chicago
  • Princess Rink Band, Chicago, 1907
  • Richmond Cornet Band
  • Smiths Military Band, Chicago
  • Soldiers Orphans Home Band, Normal
  • Staunton Sousa Band
  • University of Illinois Military Band, 1911
  • US Army Band, De Kalb
  • Warsaw Band
  • Wayne City Band

    Indiana
  • 86th Regimental Band, Williamsport
  • Attica Band, 1920
  • Big Six Band, Columbus
  • Bowser Boomer Band, S. F. Bowser & Co., Ft. Wayne
  • Brazil Band
  • Bryant Band
  • Butler Ladies Band, Butler
  • CP Band, Shelbyville, 1910
  • Culver Military Academy Band
  • Darlington Christian Church Band
  • Dellwood Band, Joliet, 1907
  • Dupont Concert Band, 1910, Dupont
  • Ideal Band, Gaborn, 1909
  • Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Band
  • Indianapolis News Newsboys Band
  • Industrial School Band, Anderson
  • Letts Concert Band, 1908
  • Michigantown Cornet Band
  • Mishawaka City Band, 1893
  • National Home Band, Marion, 1906
  • National Home Band, Marion, 1909
  • National Home Band, Marion
  • Newtown Band, 1907
  • Original Old Band
  • Purdue University Band, Lafayette, 1895
  • Purdue University Band, Lafayette, 1903
  • Rushville City Concert Band, 1912
  • S.I. Band, Odon, 1909
  • Tockaton Tribe Band, Mitchell
  • Unknown Band, 1908
  • Unknown Band, Millersburg, 1909
  • Weyerbacher's Boys Band, Evansville
  • Wolff's Band, Fort Wayne, 1880
  • Wyatt Band North, Bremen, 1910

    Iowa
  • 49th Regiment Band
  • Alexander Cornet Band- Fred Madsen musical director
  • Band, Bayard
  • Band, Clarinda, 1890s
  • Band, Clevland, 1907
  • Band, Dubuque
  • Band, Kalona, 1904
  • Baxter Junior Band, Baxter, 1910
  • Belle Plaine Band
  • Cedar Falls Concert Band, 1908
  • Davenport Silver Band, 1870s
  • Eldon Concert Band, 1918
  • Geneva Military Band, 1911
  • German American Band, Elma
  • Guthrie Center Military Band, 1910
  • Hillsboro Military Band, 1908
  • Hillyard Band?, 1910
  • Iowa I.O.O.F. Orphans Home Band, Mason City, 1909
  • Iowa State Band, Cumberland
  • Iowa State College Band, Ames
  • Janesville Cornet Band
  • Keota Band, 1918
  • Keota Ladies Band
  • Keota Ladies Band
  • Keota Ladies Band
  • Madrid Band, 1909 - with a new set of Conn instruments purchased in 1908
  • Mason City Band
  • Memorial University Military Band, Mason City
  • Mengis Band, Kiron
  • New Hampton Band, 1905
  • Northwood Concert Band, 1909
  • Page County Farmers Band
  • Paint Creek Band, 1908
  • Progressive Band, Arthur, 1907
  • Reeds Band, Sioux City, 1907
  • Reinbeck Band
  • Reinbeck Band
  • Remsen Cornet Band
  • Remsen Cornet Band, 1908,
  • Sabula Juvenile Band, 1907
  • Stanwood Band, 1912

    Kansas
  • Band, Clayton, 1912
  • Band, Coffeyville
  • Band, Highland, 1908
  • Citizens Band, Herington, 1906
  • Citizen's Band, Leon
  • Grainfield Citizens Band, 1908
  • Haven Band, 1907
  • Kansas State Agricultural College Military Band, 1909
  • Ladies Cornet Band, Goodland, 1908
  • Lawrence Band
  • McCray's Concert Band, Independence
  • Mid Continent Band, Wellsville
  • Oberlin Military Band, Oberlin College
  • Onaga Concert Band
  • Pleasanton Cornet Band, 1900
  • Rebekah Oddfellows Band
  • Rogers Brass Band, 1910
  • Southwest Kansas Band, 1929
  • Strode Industrial Academy Band, Oswego
  • Waterville Marching Band, 1909
  • White City Band

    Kentucky
  • Claysville Band
  • Elizabethtown Brass Band, 1870s
  • Frankfort Prison Band
  • Klub Kentucky Band, Farlington, 1909
  • Male High School Band, Louisville
  • Maysville Boys Band, 1920
  • Maysville Boys Band, 1920s
  • Old Henry BandHarrison County
  • Pikeville Concert Band

    Louisiana
  • Alexandria Brass Band, 1892
  • Allen's Brass Band, Algiers, c. 1915
  • Colored Waifs Home Brass Band, New Orleans, c. 1912 (with young Louis Armstrong - arrowed)
  • East Side Concert Band, Iberia
  • Unknown Band, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Maine
  • 56 Pioneer Infantry Band, 1918
  • Band of the 20th Maine
  • Band, Eastport
  • Band, Kingfield, 1898
  • Band, Skowhegan
  • Belfast Band
  • Cornish Cornet Band, 1890
  • De Rue Brothers Minstrels and Concert Band, 1906
  • De Rue Brothers Minstrels and Concert Band, 1914
  • Fanfare St. Cecile, Lewiston
  • Fanfare St. Cecile, Lewiston
  • Fanfare St. Cecile, Lewiston
  • Fanfare St. Dominique, Lewiston
  • Gray Cornet Band, 1876
  • Kents Hill Band
  • Livermore Falls Band
  • Lubec Band
  • Maine YMCA Band
  • Mansfields Band, Chebeague Island
  • Newport Band
  • Newport Band
  • Pittsfield-Monroe Club Band
  • Searsport Band
  • Smiths Vinalhaven Band, 1905
  • Smiths Vinalhaven Band, 1905
  • South Berwick Cadet Band, 1886
  • St Cecilia Boys Band, Lewiston
  • St Joseph's Band, Oldtown, 1910
  • Waldoboro Band
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    New Zealand New Zealand
    Other lands or unknown Others
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    United States USA (MD-ND)
    United States USA (OH-WV)
    United States USA (WI-various)
    United States USA (unknown)

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