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. - Further details available on these pictures - links to further information See also: History of individual bands If you have any pictures you would like to submit, or have any comments or information about any of the pictures or bands here, please email gavin@ibew.co.uk

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Wisconsin

2nd Wisconsin Crusaders, Marshfield, 1894 3rd Infantry Band, Viroqua, 1910 4th Wisconsin Infantry Band Ableman Band Ableman Band, 1912 Albany Cornet Band American Legion Band, Beaver Dam American Legion Band, Post 189, Watertown American Legion Band, Post 189, Watertown American Legion Band, Cadott Antigo City Band, 1908 Band, Appleton Band, Appleton Ariel Band, Berlin, 1908 Arion Band, Kiel Athens Concert Band Band, 1908 Band, Cross Plains Band, Durand, 1910 Band, Highland Band, Kiel, 1910 Band, Madison, 1913 Band, Melrose Band, Oregon Band, Plainfield Band, Rio, 1911 Band, Rio, 1907 Band, Sauk City Banner Band, Milwaukee Batavia Band Beaver Creek Band Bezucha Brothers Family Band, Hillsboro Bezucha Bros Band, Hillsboro Bezucha Bros. Family Band, Hillsboro Boscobel Band, 1923 Boscobel Juvenile Band, 1910 Burnett Concert Band, 1910 Cambria Band Carthage College Concert Band Cazenovia Band City Band, Ashland City Band, Cambria Clayton Concert Band, 1911 Clyman Band, 1908 Clown Band, Platteville Coloma Brass Band Country Band, Haugen Cream City Band, Milwaukee Dana Band, La Crosse, 1907 Delevan City Band Drapers Childrens Home Band, Les Moines, 1923 EHB Band, Appleton, 1910 Fairwater Village Band Fall Creek Brass Band, 1913 Fall Creek Brass Band, 1913 Family Band, Eauclaire Gillett Band, 1915 Gresham Military Band, 1908 High School Cadet Band, New Richmond Hixton Concert Band, 1912 Horicon City Band, 1911 Horicon City Band, 1912 Humbird Cornet Band Iron Ridge Band, 1914 Ladies Band, Randolph, 1909 Lake Geneva Band, 1900 Lancaster Cornet Band, 1909 Lancaster Cornet Band Lannon Band, 1911 Lavalle Cornet Band Leroy Organised Band, 1907 Ludington Guard Band, Menomonie Luther Valley Band, Orfordville Mabel Concert Band, 1909 Manitown Brass Band Menasha Band Milford Band, 1890 Military Band Milwaukee Exposition Band, 1889 Mineral Point Band, 1910 Mitchell's Concert Band, Wonewoc Monarch Band, Readville, 1907

Montfort Girls Band, 1912 Mount Hope Brass Band Mount Hope Brass Band Mount Morris Cornet Band, 1910 Necedah Band New Glarus Juvenile Band, 1906 New Holstein Cornet Band New Richmond High School Cadet Band, 1910 North Milwaukee Band North Side Band, New Richmond, 1918 North Side Band, New Richmond, 1918 Ohio State Band, Madison, 1913 PHS Scouts Band Port Washington Band Prairie du Chien Band Prairie du Sac Girl Band, 1931 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Reeseville Band, 1909 Ridgeland and Prairie Farm Brass Band Ringle Band Ripon College Marching Band Ripon College Band, 1910 River Falls Band Rockton Cornet Band Rosedale Band Rosholt Cornet Band Rosholt Cornet Band, 1907 St Coletta Instituate Band, Jefferson, 1930s St Lawrence College Band, Mt Calvary St Lawrence College Band, Mt Calvary, 1914 St Paul's Juvenile Band, Wausau School of Engineering Band, Milwaukee Sextonville Band Sextonville Band South Side Band, Two Rivers, 1909 State Normal School Cornet Band, Whitewater Sugar Creek Cornet Band, 1908 Swiss Military Band, Milwaukee, 1909 Theresa Band Third Regiment Band, Viroqua Tigerton City Band Tomah Marching Band, 1923 Uncle Sam Band, Jackson, 1909 Union Band, Stevens Point, 1929 University of Wisconsin Band, 1885 University of Wisconsin Regimental Band, 1899 University of Wisconsin Regimental Band, 1912 Unknown Band, 1907 Unknown Band, on sledge, Wisconsin? Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville, 1906 Viroqua Band Viroqua 3rd Regiment Band, 1909 Waupun State Prison Band, 1910 Water Band, 1907 White City Band, Port Edwards Wild Rose Brass Band, 1920 Winchester Brass Band Wisconsin Crusade Band, 1896 Wisconsin State Band, Eau Claire, 1908 Wisconsin State Prison Band, Waupun, 1910 Wisconsin University Band, Madison Wittenburg Military Band, 1910 Woodford Cornet Band, 1912 Unknown Band

Wyoming

Eagles Band, Douglas, 1910 Cody Cowboy Band Cody Cowboy Band Glenrock Band

Sheridan Concert Band Sheridan Cornet Band, 1888 Sheridan Silver Cornet Band WOW Pilot Camp Band, Laramie

Unspecified state location

1st AIF Band, 47th Battalion, in Amiens 1st US Engineers Band 3rd Regiment Band, Rochester, 1908 3rd Regiment Band, Santa Barbara, 1909 8th Infantry Band 8th Infantry Band 10th Cavalry Band 10th U.S. Infantry Band, 1910 10th Veteran Reserve Corps Band 10th Veteran Reserve Corps Band, 1865 20th Infantry Band, World War 1 24th Army Corps Band, 1865 24th Infantry Band, Pine Camp 32nd Battalian Band, Walkterton 55th Artillery Regiment Band 65th Regiment Band 74th Regiment Band 107th Colored Infantry Band 120th Infantry Band, A.E.F., 1918 121st Field Artillery Band, 1918 131 Infantry Band 142nd Field Artillery Band American Expeditionary Force Band 147th F.A. Band, on Battleship Kansas, 1918 356th Infantry Division Band, in France, WW1 Adel Juvenile Military Band, 1892 Al Sweet's Concert Band, 1909 Al Massey's Concert Band, 1914 Aledo Ladies Cornet Band American Expeditionary Forces 301st Engineers Band, 1919 Antigoogooism Band Army Band Army Band, with children as music stands, WW1 Athens Cornet Band Bainbridge Band Bainbridge Brass Band, 1905 Ballou's Cornet Band Band and H.M.S. Pinafore play Band of the 107th Colored Infantry, 1865 Band of the 9th Veteran Reserve Corps Band, Montana Hotel Band, outside the House of Mystery Band, U.S.S. South Dakota, 1911 Barnum & Bailey Concert Band, 1910 Barnum and Bailey Concert Band, 1910? Barnum Bailey Circus Band Barnet Brothers Circus Band, 1910 Barrie Temperance Band, 1878 Battle Creek Silver Cornet Band, 1868 Battleship Alabama Band, 1908 Belview Silver Cornet Band, 1890 Belview Silver Cornet Band, 1910 Benton Cornet Band Bessie Cornet Band Bethany Home Band Big Springs Cornet Band Blackwell Band, 1918 Blockton Concert Band Bloomer Band, 1909 Bloomfield Cornet Band, 1860s Boston Ladies' Military Band Boston and Montana Band, Columbia Gardens Bothell Concert Band, 1910 Bow Island Citizens Band, 1913 Boy Scouts Band Boyne City Band Boys' Concert Band Boys Industrial School Band Bramusa Family Band Bridgeport Military Band, 1909 Brill's Concert Band, Barnum and Bailey's, 1916 Brill's Concert Band, Barnum and Bailey's Two-Hemispheres Bandwagon, 1916 Bristol Butler Band, 1896 Brown's Concert Band Buckeye Band, Lake Ohio Buckingham Band Bugler Band 1-I.N.G., 1912 Burnett Concert Band Burrows and Leons Circus Band Cadillac Band Calumet Miners' Band Carharroak Brass Band, 1919 Carrier Mills Cornet Band Cawker City Band CBI Ambassador Quintette CCCC College Seminary Band, 1926 CCGB Band Center Cornet Band Charlotteville Band, 1908 Chemawa Indian School Band, 1910 Chenette's Concert Band, 1916 Chester Cornet Band Chevrolet Factory Band, 1920 Children's Band Christian Bible School Martial Band Church Army Band, 1915 Church Army Band, 1915 Circus Band, 1912 Circus Band Circus Bandwagon Citizen's Band, Pulaski Civil War band members Clarksburg Band Clay City Cornet Band Clearwater Cornet Band Cleburne Band, Santa Fe, 1913 Clown Band C.M.T.C. Band, 1925 Cole Brothers Circus Band, 1969 Columbia City School Band, 1924 Combat Engineers Band, WW1 Coosaw Island Band, Sparks Circus, 1927 Cordova Cornet Band Cordova Cornet Band, 1903 Corfu Cornet Band Corfu Cornet Band Crescent Band, Springfield Crippled Children's Brass Band Dartmouth College Band Davis City Band Dubuque Girls Band, 1923 Dulwich College Band, 1887 Dunstable Cornet Band, 1878 Durbano's Band Durham Hosiery Mill Band E. B. Brass Band East Greenville Band, 1908 East Woodstock Cornet Band, 1927 Eastern Training College Salvation Army Men Cadets Band E.C. Band E.C. Beaning's Concert Band Edward Shippen Military Band Elmira Cornet Band, 1860s Elwyn Band Elyria Silver Cornet Band Eureka Ishpeming City Band, 1867 Eustis Cornet Band Ewings Zouave Band Falls Creek Cornet Band Falls Creek Tannery Band Fanfare St Louis Auburnne, St Louis Farmers' Band Fred Jewell's Concert Band, 1906 Female Marching Band Field Artillery Band Horn Players, 1906 Field Band of the 16th NGNY, 1898 Firemen's Band First Brigade Band, Greeley Ford Motor Band, 1920s Fort McKinley YMCA Band Fort Monroe Post Band Fratia Romana Band, E Youngstown Frelich's Band G Ingraham Band G.A.R. Band, 1899 Geneva Military Band GF Fetterhoff's Cornet Band, Jacksonville Gilmore Band, 1870s Gloucester Cornet Band, 1880 Gloversville Military Band Goodland Band Granville Centre Cornet Band Granville Centre Cornet Band, 1912 Grass Valley Concert Band Greens Landing Cadets Band Grove Lake Concert Band, 1911 Hagenbeck -Wallace Circus Band, 1912 Hallstead Band Hanford Cornet Band, 1888 Hardie and Von Leers Celebrated Indian Band Harveyville Cornet Band Hasmillers Dutch Band Hayes Cornet Band Hays Little German Band Hebron Military Band Hebron Military Band Hebron Military Band Helen May Butler & Her Ladies Band, 1902 Helen May Butler and her Ladies Brass Band Helen May Butler and her Ladies Military Band Helen May Butler's Ladies Brass Band Helen May Butler's Band Helen May Butler's Ladies Military Brass Band Hermines Midget Band Hewitt Family Band Hibbing Concert Band Hills American Indian Band Hills American Indian Band Holland Cornet Band Honor Band Hopi Indian Training School Band, 1901 Horicon City Band Horlick's Employees Brass Band Horseshoe Cornet Band, 1910 Hudson Band I.O.O.F. Orphans Home Band, 1915 Iloogans Reed and Brass Band Independence Band, Onset Indian Band, Niagara Camp, Brantford Isabel Band Jackson Brass Band, 1860 Jeffersonville Band, 1907 Jenningtown Citizens Band, 1909 Jewell's Concert Band, Barnum and Bailey Show 1908 Johnson Band Johnson Band, 1880s Johnson's Band K of P Band, Trenton, Chautaugua, 1908

Kalida Cornet Band Kate Baker's Ladies' Silver Cornet Band, c.1890 Keystone Juvenile Band Kingston City Band Kinsell Cornet Band, 1889 Kossuth Camp MWA Band Ladies Band Ladies' Band, 1915 Ladies Band, 1916 Larwill Band Latvian Firefighters Union Band Lavina Boosters Brass Band Lawrence Family Band Le Fanfare du College du Sacre Coeur, Bathurst Lewis Concert Band Lewisburg Citizen's Band Liberati's Grand Military Band, 1888 Licking Band Ligonier Military Band London Band, 1911 Lone Star Band, 1916 Lumley Castle Band Lynchburg Cornet Band Lyon and Healey Band, 1879 (print) Lyons Concert Band, 1908 Lyons Concert Band, 1908 Madison Concert Band, 1911 Magnolia Cornet Band Marion Ladies Band Marmarth Band, 1914 McK. H. S. Concert Military Band, 1907 McClure Concert Band McGiben Family Band McPhee's Brass Band Mead Musical Union Band Mechanics Band Mechanics Brass Band Merle Evans Band, Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailer's Circus Metamora Military Band Metropolitan Life Military Band, 1910 MFB? Band Mil? Military Band Military Band, 1880s Millersville Band Milton Cornet Band Mission House Band, 1912 Mixerville Cornet Band Montpelier Military Band Mooseheart Boys Band Mooseheart Boys Band, 1914 Moreland Band? Morton SA Band Mount Morris Brass Band, 1894 Mountain Brass Band Musical Dwarfs Musical Dwarfs Musique de la 1ere brigade d'artillerie de Campagne de Pera National Home Band US Navassar Ladies Band, c1910 Navy Band, St Thomas, Virgin Islands Neare Cornet Band Ned Brill's Band, Barnum & Bailey's Circus, 1911 New England Provincial S. A. Band New England Provincial SA Staff Band, 1908 Newbury Cornet Band Norfolk and Western Concert Band North Attleboro Cornet Band, 1873 North Geneva Band Notre Dame College Band Onaga Concert Band Otho Concert Band Ogden Brass Band Otto's Orchestra and Military Band Pace's Silver Cornet Band Palacios Marine Band Parker Watts Circus Band, 1939 Parkersburg Concert Band, 1907 Patterson's Trained Animal Circus Band PCB Band Pea Ridge College Band P.G. Lowery's Band, RIngling Bros. P.G. Lowery's Band, RIngling Bros. Phillipsburg? Girls Band Pierpoint Band Pioneer Cornet Band Plainville Brass Band, 1890 Police Marching Band Polish Band Prof. LaVinski's Cornet Band Protection Cornet Band, 1910 Pykes Concert Band, Johnston City Railway and Cornet Band Historical Photos Raine Andrew Lumber Co. Concert Band Red Cliff Brass Band, 1887 Reeves American Band, 1901 Reliance Brass Band, 1910 Rice and Dorman Circus Band, 1919 Richardsons Cornet Band, 1879 Ridgeway Cornet Band Rifton Band, 18?? Ringling Bros. Band Ringling Brothers Annex Band, 1911 Ringling Brothers Circus Band, 1898 Ringling Brothers Concert Band, 1913 Ringling Circus Band Wagon Ringtown Citizens' Band Rippel's Circus Band, 1910 Rivers Citizens Band Rivers Citizen's Band Rouse's Point Band Royal Italian Band Rube Band, 1911 Rushville Brass Band, 1908 Russell Ladies Band Ryan's Concert Band S.O. Coventry Brass Band Sailors' Band, on ship Salt Springville Brass Band Salvation Army "War Chariot" Band, 1893 Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Children's Band Salvation Army Band - A Nice Cup of Tea "cart" San Leandro Band, 1886 School Band Schuermann Band, Jefferson Sidney Band Siloam Band, 1911 Silver Cornet Band, 1870 Silver Family Concert Band Simmonds Military Band Skaneateles Band, 1911 Smethport School Band Sousa Band members, Tour of England - en route between the Crystal Palace and Alexandra Palace Sousa's Band, 1905 Sousa's Band, 1907 Sousa's Band, 1919 Sousa's Band, world tour 1910 Sousa's Band Sousa's Band, 1900 Sousa's Band, Paris Sousa's Band, on board the ship "Aller" South West Drum and Bugle Corps Band, 1910 Spaulding & Robertson's Concert Company Young Ladies Band Spring Creek Band SS Pastores Band St Cloud Band Staples Military Band Star and Crescent Band Stebrand Brothers Picadilly Band Steinauer Neb Edmund Band, 1915 Stockbridge MWA Band, 1909 Stockington Brass Band Stockington Brass Band Stones Prairie Band Story City Band Strohl Family Band, 1870 (see further info on Strohls) Swanson Family Band Sweets Concert Band, Ringling Brothers, 1911 Sykesville Band, 1922 Syracuse Cornet Band, 1895 Tarkio Band Tavistock Carnival Band Teeswater Cornet Band Thayers Natural Pharmaceuticals Co. Band Third Air Force Band Tinney's Band, Howes Great London Circus, 1911 Tinney's Band, Howe's Circus, 1913 Tinney's Band, Howe's Circus, 1913 Tom Brown's Musical Highlanders Tuskegee Institute Band Tuskegee Institute Band Twin City Band Uncle Sam Brass Band Union Cornet Band US Field Artillery Band US Marine Band, 1882 (Musical Director, JP Sousa) US Naval Academy Hospital Band, 1860s USS Alabama Band, 1908 USS Idaho Military Band, 1908 USS Maryland Band, 1914 USS New York Band, 1918? - all wearing flu masks USS Von Steuben Band Valton Cornet Band Virginia City Band, 1875 W.I. Swain Band, 1912 W.J. Band, 1903 Wabash College Band, 1900 Waldron Citizens Band Walk-Over Shoe Band, Brockton Walter L. Main Side Show Band Walton Brass Band Waubay Kids Band Webb City Cornet Band Wells Band, St Louis World Fair, 1904 Wellsborough Military Band Wellsborough's Military Band West Carthage Fire Department Band West Fairlee Band West Frankfort Cornet Band, 1900s West Medway Brass Band West Sullivan Band, 1890 Western Amateur Band Whittier Cornet Band Widow McCarty Band Wilksville Cornet Band, 1908 Wortham Concert Band, 1907 Worthington Cornet Band Youngstown Military Band York Business College Band, 1913 Young American Brass Band

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