Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
2023.004.051Secondary Title
Vergennes City BandDescription
Photograph shows members of the Vergennes City Band in dark uniform with hats.They are seated and standing outside in front of a building. On the backside the card says the photograph is of the band on the early 1920s. The card also says" Vergennes, Vermont, the smallest city in the U.S.A.Context
Precisely when the first Vergennes City Band formed is a bit of a mystery. At a meeting of band members in 1962, this question was put to Percy Currier, who had played in the band for 54 years.
“There’s always been a band,” Currier replied.
Newspaper articles going back before the Civil War show people in town — exclusively men in that era — played music together under various names: Vergennes Cornet Band, Union Band and Vergennes City Band.
News accounts also suggest these bands sometimes struggled, disbanding or going dormant only to spring back to life. One of the times when the band went dormant was in the late 1920s.Cataloged By
Remsen, NancyLocation
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Cart C, shelf 3Date
November 4, 2025Relationships
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VergennesCounty
Addison CountyState/Province
VermontCreated By
Nancy RemsenCreate Date
May 20, 2023Updated By
Nancy RemsenUpdate Date
November 4, 2025