Sousa at Great Lakes Naval Station

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Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1917
Technique / Medium:
photography
Place of creation:
North Chicago (Illinois, United States)

    Item location

  • Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
    Location Details -- Musical Americana Collection, circa 1900-2000 > Series 3: Papers, Music Manuscripts, Published Music, and Photographs > Box 44 > Folder 7: Sousa at Great Lakes, ca. 1917. Digital image accession file: 2009-1209050-001.tif

Description

John Philip Sousa with members of the Navy Band, which he led in 1917 and 1918. Sousa is directly facing and smiling at the camera, while several woodwind players can be seen behind him surrounding a folding metal music stand.

People as subjects

Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932) (Conductor)

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument
45C91
military band

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Wind instruments [3730]

RIdIM images


Musical Americana Collection, circa 1900-2000, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Image URLs

image link 1
Sousa Archives data and image

Notes

Sousa served as the Navy Band's leader at the Great Lakes Naval Station beginning in 1917, following the United States' entrance to World War I. He retired from the position the following year after the war ended.

RIdIM record id

4810