94.12H.262 Pryor's Military Band, Group Photo, c. 1880s
Copyright: 94.12H.262 Pryor's Military Band, Group Photo, c. 1880s
Name/Title
Pryors Military Band, 16 Member Group Photo, c. 1880s
Entry/Object ID
P1994.1H.262
Description
Pryors Military Band, 16 Member Group Photo, c. 1880s. b/w. Male members of Pryor's Band in uniform posed on steps & in front of a gabezo, their bass drum with "Pryor's Military Band, St. Joseph, Mo." painted on drumhead on ground at their feet. Some men are holding their brass horns. ( a black man holding a bucket has crept into the photo at far left behind the men). Persons unidentified.
Sam Pryor, the band leader, was the father of the world famous trombonist Arthur Pryor, who started with this band as a boy. The Pryor military Band was popular in St. Joseph and other parts of the Midwest.
