Sousa's Band, New York Hippodrome parade

Unknown


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1916
Technique / Medium:
photography
Place of creation:
New York (New York, 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 146 > Folder 3: Sousa Photo Albums (1 of 2) - Annotated copies of photos/articles from newspaper clippings, duplicated photos of Sousa and Sousa's band, correspondence, 1926-1927. Digital image accession file: 2010-1209094-013.tif

Description

Photo of the Sousa Band marching in the Hippodrome parade on April 12th, 1916. Sousa is clearly visible at the front with his baton raised above his head, and several lines of brass instruments may be seen directly behind him. A flag bearer is visible marching with the group to the left of Sousa.

People as subjects

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

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument
45B51
military parade, pageant
48C771
baton ~ conductor

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trombone [4369]
Euphonium [4463]

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) 24. 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) 104. ISBN 9781579998837. RILM 2012-14284.

Notes

The Sousa Band rarely marched during its forty-year lifespan (Bierley); the New York Hippodrome Parade marks one of the few occasions where this happened.

RIdIM record id

4823