16-Piece Vineyard Haven Brass Band, Posing in Street


Handwritten Notes: "Vineyard Haven Band .... 16 Pieces / Snare Drum - Sherman Swift / Cornet - ?? / Mellophone - Peleg Norton / Alto Horn - Joe Merry / Baritone - Alton Tuckerman / Trombone - George Gifford / Clarinet - Fred Norton / Valve Trombone - Harry Weeks / ...*"

Signs: Vineyard Haven Brass Band


* ... "Cymbals - Cirbia Foster / Cornet - Art Swift / Cornet - Frank Swift / Cornet - Fred Peakes / Bass Drum - Timothy Shugrue / Clarinet - Roy Lair / Drum Carrier - Clifton Clough / Bass - Carl Lair Vineyard Haven Band - 19 Pieces 1899 / Picollo - W. Wilkinson / Clarinets - H. J. Cleveland - Roy Lair; Cornets - J. Foreman - Fred Peakes - Roy Norton - Fred Norton - R. Shute / Altos - Joe Merry - Carl Lair / Trombones - Art Smith - Harry Weeks - Ed Ames / Baritone - Dean Luce / B Base - Alton Tuckerman / E Base - F. H. Johnson / Snare Drum - W. Dutcher / Base Drum - Timothy Shugrue / Cymbals - Cirbia Foster."-[Stan Lair]; "I think that this was taken in the Oak Bluffs Camp Meeting Grounds."-WR


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Location: Oak Bluffs? - Campgrounds? - *

People: Swift, Sherman; Norton, Peleg; Merry, Joe; Tuckerman, Alton; Gifford, George; Norton, Fred; Weeks, Harry; Foster, Cirbia; Swift, Art; Smith, Frank; Peakes, Fred; Shugrue, Timothy; Lair, Roy; Clough, Clifton; Lair, Carl; Wilkinson, W.; Cleveland, H. J.; Foreman, J.; Norton, Roy; Shute, R.; Smith, Art; Ames, Ed; Luce, Dean; Johnson, F. H.; Dutcher, W.;
Keywords: bands; music; musical instruments; musicians