Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Seminole Nation Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

96.54.3

Tags

Virgil Chase, Horace Bradley, Howard Marty, Walter Bradley, Lee Seran, Clarence Wheeler, Randall Cobb, Fred Shepard, Willie Cruce, Orville Stegall

Description

Photograph and negative strip of the Seminole Capital Band in 1903. Photograph shows thirteen children (between ages 6 and 10) with their instruments, and their band director is standing behind them all. The photograph was taken in a room with a plaster wall, and a wooden door(?) is open to the far right. What appears to be the youngest child here is at the far left, and has a bass drum with the words "Seminole Capital Band." printed on it. Photograph is in a plastic protective sleeve, and came with a sheet of paper taped to it that identifies the band. The people in the photograph all have numbers written over their head, and the paper identifies them by these numbers. It says the following: "First Band Organized in Wewoka - - - 1903 1. Virgil Chase 2. Horace Bradley 3. Howard Marty (Director) 4. Walter Bradley 5. Lee Seran 6. Clarence Wheeler 8. 9. Randall Cobb 10. Fred Shepard 11. Willie Cruce 12. 13. Clarence Shaw 14. Orville Stegall"