Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
One of the many music groups in Portland at the end of the nineteenth century was Grimmer's Orchestra, organized by Charles Grimmer, an immigrant from Prussia.
Orchestra members are, front row, from left, Charles Grimmer, violin; Frank Buxton, violin; and Charles P. Carleton, violin.
Back row, from left, are Jacob N. Jacobson, flute and picolo; William F. Todd, clarinet; Charles F. Jones, bass; Charles M. Brooks, coronet; Walter S. Brewer, trombone; and Fred W. Leavitt, drum.
About This Item
- Title: Grimmer's Orchestra, Portland, 1880
- Creation Date: 1880
- Subject Date: 1880
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 31 cm x 49 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--OS--Large--Box 1
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bands
- German Americans
- Grimmer's Orchestra
- Group portraits
- Immigrants
- Music ensembles
- Musicians
- Orchestras
- Prussians (Baltic people)
People
- Brewer, Walter S.
- Brooks, Charles M.
- Buxton, Frank
- Carleton, Charles P.
- Grimmer, Charles
- Jacobson, Jacob N.
- Jones, Charles F.
- Leavitt, Fred W.
- Todd, William F.
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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