Keywords: Military bands
Item 102314
Biddeford National Band at Camp Ellis, 1919
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1919-08-24 Location: Saco; Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 98765
Bert Dutil, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Bertrand Dutil through Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1950 Location: Columbia; Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands
"Gordon E. Bennett played tuba and sousaphone in Chandler's Band from the late 1940s until his death in 1996."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864
"Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), an…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860
"… and voluminous matching cape trimmed with deep bands of cord knotting; a child's turquoise wool cape embroidered with a vine and trapunto-like…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Story
Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community
