Title | Houston Fire Department Band |
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Date | October 22, 1939 |
Description | Group picture of the Houston Fire Department Band with their bass drum in the center. A title and a date are written at the bottom of the picture, and a caption is pasted above the band. |
Caption | Caption: "HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT BAND IN 1939 - FIRE COMMISSIONER FRANK E. MANN ON THE LEFT - FIRE CHIEF HOMER F. LYLES AND WALTER CROSS DIRECTOR ON THE RIGHT - COMMISSIONER MANN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS BAND - IN 1932 I PLAYED WITH THE THEN "FIRE & POLICE BAND" UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TOM FENNELL - MANY OF THE MEN PLAYED IN BOTH BANDS." |
Inscription | Inscription on front: “Band Houston Fire Department Houston Texas 10-22-'39; Cecil Thomson Photo” |
Donor | Mellott, Scott; |
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Language | English |
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Original Collection | Scott Mellott Houston Fire Department Collection |
Digital Collection | Houston Fire Department |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll32 |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
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File Name | hfire_201006_169.jpg |