Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Band

Menzies, R. W. (workshop of)


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1919
Height:
30.0 cm  (11 13/16 in.)
Width:
35.0 cm  (13 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
photography, gelatin silver print
Place of creation:
Toronto

    Item location

  • Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
    Location details -- Herbert L Clarke Music and Personal Papers, circa 1880-1945 > Series 2: Photographs > Box 85: Oversized Photographs > Folder 3: Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Band, 1919. Digital image accession file: 2005-1209054-016.tif

Description

Photo of the Anglo-Canadian Leather Company Band, with its conductor Herbert L. Clarke in the center of the front row. The members are posed with their instruments in front of a park gazebo adorned with several flags of the Union Jack. Most instruments are clearly visible to the camera, including several percussion instruments such as snare drum and timpani. The bottom of the photo is signed "Compliments of / 'the Canadian Bandsman / and Orchestra Journal' / Toronto, Oct. 1919", and "Photo by R.W. Menzies & Co." is stamped on the lower right corner.

People as subjects

Clarke, Herbert L. (1867-1945) (Conductor)

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Wind instruments [3730]

RIdIM images


Herbert L Clarke Music and Personal Papers, circa 1880-1945, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Image URLs

image link 1
Sousa Archives data and image

Notes

Herbert Lincoln Clark was a renowned cornetist, and was heavily involved with the Sousa Band.

RIdIM record id

4832