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Salem Historical Music Photographs
 

Accordian band, 1935

Accordian Band at Elisnore Theater in 1935
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Chemawa Indian School Band, 1910

Chemawa Indian School Band, 1910
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Cherry Bud Band
Charles Haehl's Cherry Bud Band. Photo taken in Marion Square Park, 1913. Bandstand in background.
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Masonic Band on City of Salem Steamboat, 1885
In The last quarter of the nineteenth century, steamboats were enjoying the attention of Salem citizens as they took excursions to Albany and Corvallis. In 1885, a gingerbread-decorated City of Salem entertained riders with music from the local Masonic Band.
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Celebrity Brass

Celebration Brass, 1998
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Willamette University Brass 5

Hungry 5 German Band , 1977
Left to Right: Maurice Brennan, Richard Stewart, Ray Rom, Grant Hagestedt, Gaylon Bledson (All five men were music educators in University or Junior High Schools)
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Clark M. Will
Clark M. Will playing his rare E solo trumpet with the back thrust bell that was an important lead instrument of the Old Aurora Colony Band (1856-1883). The trumpet maintained the beat or tempo when there was no drum. T
he back thrust bell of the trumpet pointed backwards to the group marching behind the band could hear the beat.
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Aurora Colony Band
Aurora Colony Band at Oregon State Fair, 1871
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Salem Band, 1911
The Salem band gets a ride in an
early automobile, 1911
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Northwester University Cornet Trio

Northwestern Univerity Cornet Trio, Left to right: Luther Didrickson ,Grant Hagestedt, Frank Foster in photo.
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Willamette University band

Early Willamettee University Band
Back row: Walter Winslow, William Zimmerman, W.H. Winans, D.A. Forbes, Geroge Simpson.

Center row: H. Graham, Director, and Austin C. Price

Front row: N.B. Moser, O.K. Wolfe, Harry Swafford, Glen Unruh, Roy Nott, Ivan Martin

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Bibliography:
Ben Maxwell photo collection, Salem Public Library

Historic postcard collections "Salem in the past" by Barrick Funderal Home, 1972

Personal collection, Grant Hagestedt, 2005

 
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