Sousa's Band at Willow Grove, Philadelphia

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Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1901-1926
Technique / Medium:
photography
Place of creation:
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

    Item location

  • Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
    Location Details -- Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015 > Series 6: Photographs, 1864-2013 > Sub-Series 6: Sousa Band Photographs and Sousa with Others > Box 143 > Folder 2: Sousa Band and Sousa with others, 1900-10. Digital image accession file: 2010-1209094-021.tif

Description

Photo of the Sousa Band performing at an outdoor concert in Philadelphia. The band is housed within a large, open pavilion that is surrounded by hundreds of people. Due to the camera's elevated angle and distance, the band is difficult to see.

People as subjects

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

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument
48AA724
music-hall - AA - open-air performances

RIdIM images


Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Image URLs

image link 1
Sousa Archives data and image

Bibliographic references

Bierley, Paul Edmund. The incredible band of John Philip Sousa (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006) 310. ISBN 0252031474. RILM 2006-04359.


Sousa, John Philip IV and Loras John Schissel. John Philip Sousa's America: The patriot's life in images and words (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2012) 73. ISBN 9781579998837. RILM 2012-14284.

Notes

The Sousa Band played regularly at Willow Grove for summer concerts from 1901 to 1926 (excluding 1911 due to the World Tour). The band would play four concerts a day instead of its normal two, typical occurring from 2:30-3:15, 4:30-5:30, 7:45-8:30, and 9:45-10:30 (Bierley).

RIdIM record id

4822