The Ontario Band, ca. 1890s.

Photograph

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

The Ontario Band, ca. 1890s.

Entry/Object ID

2012.4.1.2

Description

A cabinet card photograph of the Ontario Band, Ontario, Michael A. Wesner, ca. 1890s. The image shows a dozen men, three with drums and cymbals and the others with horns standing near a two-story Queen Anne-style house. Behind the group are two men on a horse-drawn carriage. On the side of the bass drum at the far left is the name "Ontario Band." The reverse has a faded stamp reading "Wesner's Photographic Car" and a San Bernardino address. With heavy soiling, significant moisture damage, abrasions, chips, cracks, abrasions and creases, the condition is poor.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Cabinet Card Photographs