Metal Clad Hoop Drum

The "nib" of a Montblanc fountain pen

Well, this is somewhat unusual -- full metal cladding on both counterhoops. You don't see that every day. Actually, I can't remember ever seeing it.

eBay item no. 320335057972 comes with little description to help us determine its provenance. So, we're going to have to use a little detective approach from what we can see.

The following factors point to late 19th to early 20th century:

a. full length metal screw on the snare mechanism (appears to be a relatively late development in the evolution of snare mechanisms -- facilitates easier tightening when the drum is strapped onto the player);

b. relatively large vent hole reminiscent of the Thompson & O'Dell (Boston) drums of 1872-1905 (see, e.g., "Thompson & Odell Co. Drums", this blog, March 21, 2008);c. visible seam sans tacking;

d. hooks instead of drilled holes (the hooks look similar to those on the turn-of-the-century Thompson & O'Dell drum pictured in that article);

e. wire-wrapped cloth snares (I've seen them on several drums but have not yet been able to put a date range on them);

f. leather ears with fountain pen nib-like connectors (not sure about dating these).

The size is reported to be 16" (diameter) x 10" (height).

Prof. Sounds' Drum Tuning Bible

If you haven't seen this yet, you're in for a treat. J. Scott Johnson of Indianapolis (aka Professor Sound) has assembled a major collection of information about everything that affects the sound of a drum: wood type, construction, tuning and seating, head type, drum size, bearing edges, shell interior -- more information than most may have though possible. And it's all available at his website Prof.Sound's Drum Tuning Bible v3. Check it out.

A.D. Stevens Drum and Sticks

Offered for sale by Shakybone Collectibles and desribed as follows:

MANUFACTURED BY THE PITTSFIELD DRUM FACTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND HAVING A BUBBLED BUT INTACT AND CLEAR PAPER LABEL ON THE INSIDE WHICH SHOWS AN AMERICAN EAGLE AND HAS A HANDWRITTEN INKED DATE OF "SEPT 1864" ALONG THE BOTTOM BORDER. THE DRUM IS MISSING ONE DRUMHEAD AND SHOWS A GENERALLY WOODEN BODY WITH RED PAINTED END HOOPS. THE TENSION ROPE IS MOSTLY INTACT SAVE FOR TWO BREAKS AND FIVE OF THE ORIGINAL LEATHER SLIDERS ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS A SINGLE NON MATCHING REPLACEMENT. INCLUDED WITH THE DRUM ARE A PAIR OF PERIOD ALL WOOD DRUM STICKS WHICH HAVE A LIGHTLY WORN OIL FINISH, MOSTLY ON THE ENDS. THESE WERE VERY POSSIBLY USED WITH THIS DRUM, AS THEY CAME TOGETHER. THIS IS A GOOD DRUM THAT COULD EASILY BE RESTORED, AND IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A AUTHENTIC CIVIL WAR ERA INSTRUMENT. THIS ONE BEARS A CIVIL WAR DATE AND LABEL NOT SEEN ON MOST DRUMS ON THE MARKET.

Silent Auction of Unique Modern Rope Drum

The Company of Fifers and Drummers Museum in Ivoryton, Connecticut will sell by silent auction tomorrow, Saturday, January 31, 2009, a new drum made by George Kubicek. The auction will benefit the Erin Long Medical Fund. To bid or contribute contact Sara Brown at 860-575-3875 or SaraBrown5801@yahoo.com.

16" diameter
17" deep shell- 2 ply Luan/birch
SWISS MATRIX Black Kevlar/Polyester batter, SWISS snare head
Dual tension snare strainer, customized aftermarket.

The Company's website contains the following information:

Erin Long, a bass drummer for the Colonial Musketeers Jr. Fife and Drum Corps., has recently been diagnosed with testicular cancer and has begun an extensive and intense regimen of treatment. He lives with his mother and brother who are supporting him. His family is in dire straights struggling just to buy groceries. (I can't imagine the amount of money that is spent on commuting to NYC for treatments every week.) Close friends and the Colonial Musketeers have been donating money, groceries, gas and visa gift cards, but it is evident that there is a need for more.

On January 31st at the Company of Fifers and Drummers Hall, we are asking for the support of the fife and drum community. From 12 noon to 6 p.m. there will be a performance of fife and drum music and jam session to raise funds. There are many ways to help; donations of gas cards, visa gift cards, or just having your corps show up to play can make a big difference. Help support a fellow fife and drum friend in need.

For more information, to help organize or volunteer to play call Kate Bolcar at 973-769-8829 or email at k.bolcar@gmail.com

Caveat Emptor -- "Civil War" Drum Questioned by Reader

eBay item no. 320332676205, recently sold for $1,350, was described by the Seller kristimforet( 10) as "CIVIL WAR DRUM 1st QUARTERMASTER FORCES Union RARE". But one reader of this blog wrote to question the authenticity of this drum.

Also, see a virtually identical paint pattern at I.R. SHAHID ENTERPRISES' website selling rope drums made in Pakistan. And, see the side drum (item no. 2098) offered by J. Arthur Pvt Ltd.

The Seller described the drum as follows:

This is truly a RARE item! This is a drum of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the U.S. QUARTERMASTER FORCES. The 1st Infantry Reg. eas composed of civilians organized to defend the quartermaster's depots in the Nashville garrison. A picture of their flag and colors is attached. It's regimental colors were manufactured by the contractor John Shilleto of Cincinatti.

This beautiful drum appears to be all handpainted. The sash around the eagle head reads "1st REGT INFANTRY". The shield appears to have had "QM" on it at one time. The drum stands 15" tall and has a 15" diameter. This is a very large drum. The top drum head also has some writing on it. It reads: "1st REGT. QM. FORCES" and around the edge of the top of the drum head it reads: "JOHNSONVILLE TENN. 1864 NASHVILLE TENN. 1864" Both drum heads are in excellent condition. There is no major damage on the drum.

The National Flag pictures boasts the honors the reiment garnered for helping in the defense of Johnsonville and Nashville in Novemebr and December of 1864.

I have not had this item appraised but I have seen similar drums sell for $5000.00 - $10,000.00.

POSSIBLE WARNING SIGNS:

First, let us say we don't know for sure that this drum is not authentic. But we have questions. Further, eBay reports the Seller has been a member since January, 2006, but the Seller has only 10 ratings -- indicating that the Seller has not been an active eBayer.

1. the drum is very dirty -- nothing we've seen ever has been this dirty -- the condition almost suggests it was deliberately dirtied to cover the relative newness of the drum and its painting;
2. the lettering on the banner is of unusually poor quality and in a font that did not exist in 1864; it looks to have been over-painted, too white;
3. the stars in the field above eagle's head are not stars but dots;
4. the union shield should have 13 stripes -- this one has about 10;
5. the blue background appears to go all the way around the drum -- it should cover only about 180 degrees;
6. the counterhoops look too wide;
7. the ears look as if they could be washed to reveal a white color -- characteristic of Pakistan manufactured drums;
8. the banner is non-standard, too long and flowing far too much;
9. the drum just does not look authentic.

Compare what a real Regimental Eagle Drum looks like:
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/ec34_1-798883.jpg

If you have an opinion about this drum, or anything else on this blog, we will be happy to hear from you.

1814 Abner D. Stevens Drum

We are writing to you on the recommendation of Jim Ellis (Cooperman) of Vermont .... We have a drum which descended in our family which has a paper label inside reading "Abner Stevens, 1814, Pittsfield, Mass Fifes Tamboreens & Bass & Military Drums, All sizes and prices made at his American Drum & Factory"; also written in pencil on the inside is a note saying "New heads put on by Albert H. Fruman (or Truman), Sept. 7th 1891".

It is in otherwise original condition with red painted rims, approximately 16" tall with tackhead design of a spokestar surrounded by a circle with diamond design above and below and banded by two vertical tackhead borders. It was taken apart for a move and the rope is no longer usable. There are 3-4 leather ears?

We are interested in selling it and have been advised not to attempt to put it back together as a collector would prefer to do it him or herself.

...

With kindest regards,
K.A.

Notes:
1. Re Albert H. Fruman, there is such a name listed in the 1870 census born about 1868, residing 1870 in Buchanan, Iowa. See . Re Albert H. Truman, no similar information.
2. Note the substantial craquelure.

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Other Stevens Drums:

1811 Abner Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/Abner-Stevens-1811-HR2a-719377.jpg

1840 Abner Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/Abner-Stevens-1840-HR1a-714763.jpg

1820 Abner Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/609-781518.jpg

1822 War of Roses Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/608-781490.JPG

1813 Abner D. Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/Abner-Stevens-Drum-746878.jpg

1820 Abener D. Stevens Drum (probable)
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/585_0-724738.jpg

1861 Abner D. Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/e322_12-731475.jpg

1861 Abner D. Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/drum6-761877.jpg

Stevens Bass Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/AbnerStevensCWDrum-c9564-703048.jpg

1822 Stevens Drum
http://www.fielddrums.com/uploaded_images/Abner-Stevens-Drum----1822-790100.jpg

Red Diamond (Regiment?) Drum Sold for $1,200

The Red Diamond Regiment was the 17th Maine Infantry, 1862-1865 (See Red Diamond Regiment: The 17th Maine Infantry, 1862-1865 (Hardcover) by William B. Jordan (Author)).

Russ Hayes' website Volunteer Relics reports the sale for $1,200 of a nicely tacked rope drum with painted stars and what remains of a red diamond at the vent hole.

rhayes37043@charter.net
Phone: (270) 792-6894 before 10pm CST please.
Volunteer Relics c/o Russ Hayes
P.O. Box 30092 Clarksville, TN 37040

1861 Jacob Stewart (Pittsfield, Mass.) Brings $2,025

eBay Seller chainshot-nyv( 1359) describes this 1861 beauty (eBay item no. 190277745078) as follows:

A beautiful untouched Civil War drum measuring 13 3/4" tall and 15 1/4" in diameter with hoops on. In pristine untouched condition with original ropes, heads and leather keepers. Plain maple body with red painted hoops. Great label on the inside "Jacob Stewart- Military and Toy Drums- Banjoes-Tambourines, &c.Water St., Pittsfield, Mass. with large inked date "1861". Superb untouched maple patina, never cleaned or monkeyed with in anyway. I traded a Connecticut Historical Society out of this in 1983 and have kept it stashed ever since. Some tears on the bottom head as seen in the scans. Need the space for incoming stuff so regretfully this old friend must find a new place to live. Probably was for one of the Western Massachusetts regiments like the 52nd which was from that area.

1861 Haynes Drum Stolen on eBay for $78

Some lucky collector (8***8( 27)) just picked up a steal on eBay (item no. 170295227836) for $78: an 1861 Haynes drum (relabeled/over-stickered ca. 1881 with a Wm. E. Chandler label), 16 3/4" across and 9 7/8" tall.

Here is the evidence that it's a Haynes drum (see the word "Haynes" on the portion of the understicker visible beneath the oversticker):



More photos:



Compare with other examples of Haynes drums at:

J. C. Haynes & Co. Drum (Child Size)

John C. Haynes (Boston) Eagle Drum

Comparison of Unknown Drum with 1863 John Haynes Drum

9th Mass Infantry Drum by Haynes, Boston

Boy Size "John C. Haynes" Rope Drum Has Clean Label But Poor Artwork

Relics in Memorial Room, Capt. Thos. Espy Post No. 153, G.A.R.

Annotated Catalogue of Relics in Memorial Room
Capt. Thos. Espy Post No. 153
G.A.R.
Library Building: Carnegie, Penna.
1911
N56. Mid-19th century drum, manufactured by J. W. Horsthaus & Son, 51 N. 3rd St., Philadelphia [Ed. Note: Could that have been misread from "Horstmann"? The tack pattern resembles some seen on known Horstmann drums pictured in this blog (search Horstmann for examples)], was used in training the St. Clair Guards prior to its mustering into the Civil War as the 62nd Pennsylvania. The militia would meet next to Captain Thomas Espy's white farmhouse, now the site of St. Gregory Byzantine Catholic Church, 2005 Mohawk Rd., Upper St. Clair. Drum previously in possession of Nancy Philips, great great granddaughter of Captain Espy, who grew up in that farmhouse. Donated by Elizabeth Edwards, May 2006, whose late husband was married to Philips until her death.

63. Drum and stick. Was presented to Zacharias T. Benedick, drum boy of Co. A, 126th Ohio Vol. Infantry, by the members of his company, February 5, 1863. The drum was carried by him until his discharge at the close of the war, 1865. The drum and drummer boy passed through the following battles: Manases Gap, Va.; Warenton, Va.; Foxes Ford, Va.; Bristo Station, Va.; Keyses Ford, Va.; Locust Grove, Va.; Mine Run, Va.; Wilderness, Va.; Spottsylvania, Va.; Cold Harbor, Va.; Petersburg, Va.; Weldon Railroad, Va.; Winchester, Va.; Fishers Hill, Va.; Cedar Creek, Va., back to Petersburg, Va., and Sailors Creek, Va. On this drum was sounded the first long roll, calling Sheridan's army to arms at Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, when Sheridan was 20 miles away. The cap box and belt plate were used by him. Have been in his possession 43 years. Secured from him for Memorial Hall, February 15, 1906. Wood drum; 16" diameter, 10" deep; top head is broken and split; rings intact; bottom head intact; tensioner (1 strand) is broken; one ebony stick missing. Red-tagged as N8. Fair condition. Location: Section C, atop display case.

See the on-line resources of the Carnegie Library for additional information.

1900 (ca.) Confederate UCV Post Organization Drum

Company A 1st Regiment a Louisiana Unit during the Civil War. Fantastic period, original gilt paint & design as shown. The drum dates to the end of an era of Confederate Civil War Veterans which I estimate to be around 1900-1920.

36th Indiana Regiment Drum & Fife Corps

George Washington's Drummer Boy

In a little known grave in south-western Marion County, Indiana, lie the remains of an old soldier traditionally acclaimed as "George Washington's drummer boy." This is the grave of Sergeant John George, a Revolutionary War veteran of the First Battalion of the New Jersey Continental Line.

Through extensive and alert research by Chester Swift of Indianapolis into Revolutionary war records, muster rolls, field reports, pension records, etc., there is evidence that Sergeant George might have been the personal drummer boy of Washington's Headquarters Guard during a large portion of the Revolutionary War.

John George was born in Raritan, New Jersey, on November 11, 1759. On January 1, 1777, at the age of 17, George enlisted as a private in Captain John Flahaven's company of Col. Matthias Ogden's First New Jersey Battalion. On September 8th of that year, Private George, who was listed on the company's rolls as a drummer, fought in his first battle, a short engagement at Clay Creek, which was a prelude to the important Battle of Brandywine. Later, Ogden's battalion was to participate in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth, serving as a part of the famous Maxwell Brigade.

The Maxwell Brigade served during the entire war under the personal command of General Washington and was considered to be one of the elite units of the American army. According to John George's service records, he served his first three-year enlistment as a private and a drummer with the brigade at a salary of $7.30 a month. When his three-year enlistment expired, George reenlisted as a sergeant in Captain Aaron Ogden's company of the First Battalion (Maxwell's Brigade) for the duration of the war.

The First Battalion wintered with Washington at historic Valley Forge in the snows of 1777-78. It was also present at Yorktown when British General Cornwallis surrendered his command in October of 1781. After the actual fighting ended in the war, Sergeant George continued to serve with the Continental Army until the peace treaty was signed in 1783. Records indicate that he was discharged along with the last of Washington's Guard at New Windsor, New York, in June of 1783. He and other members of the Guard were decorated with the badge of Military Merit by Washington in recognition of their more than six years of faithful service to his commander.

After his discharge from the army, Sergeant George migrated to Mercer County, Kentucky, to receive his 100 acre veteran's land grant for his wartime service. His Kentucky farm was near the historic old frontier settlement of Harrodsburg. The old veteran farmed his land grant for over fifty years. While farming in Mercer County, George married and raised a large family. In 1821, George applied for and received a Revolutionary War pension for his military service almost forty years previous. He first received nine dollars a month, but his pension records indicates that this was later increased to twelve dollars because he had been a non-commissioned officer.

At the death of his wife in Mercer County, George migrated to Perry Township in Marion County, Indiana, to reside with his daughter and her husband. This was in June of 1838, and the old drummer was now about eighty years of age. His daughter had married Peter Stuck and their residence was just east of where the campus of Indiana Central College is now located.

The old soldier lived with the Stucks until his death on November 28, 1847. He was buried in an early Perry Township cemetery, Round Hill Cemetery, now at the intersection of Epler Road and South Meridian Street. His grave is just a few yards from the main entrance of the cemetery and is marked with the usual simple government stone.

Down through the years, the older residents of Perry Township have maintained that Sergeant George was definitely a drummer boy of Washington's Guard and many claimed to have seen a certificate signed by Washington personally, confirming George's assignment as a drummer with the Guard. The certificate has been lost for many years, but the research of Revolutionary War records indicates that John George could have been the Guard's drummer for more than half of the war.

The Great old soldier's great-great grand son, Colonel Walter H. Unversaw now lives in Kokomo, and is chairman of a memorial fund that is raising money to erect a suitable monument at the grave of Sergeant John George. The monument will be a life size figure of a Revolutionary war drummer boy, honoring the "Legendary" drummer boy of George Washington, now buried in an almost forgotten grave in Indiana.

Article, "George Washington's Drummer Boy", Hauley Music

Drum Taps in Dixie, Memories of a Drummer boy

Drum Corps of the 2nd New York Heavy Artillery

Prelude -- The Drum's Story

Yes, I am a drum, and a very old drum at that. My leather ears are twisted and brown. My shiny sides are scratched and marred. My once beautiful white head is patched and blood-stained. Yet, I am loved and tenderly cared for; have my own cosy corner in the attic and am better provided for than many of the brave men who fought for the Union. So I am content. I have lived my life. We ever ready for duty. Made lots of noise. Have led men on the march and in battle. Now I am laid aside, growing old like all the boys of '61.

Drum Taps in Dixie, Memories of a Drummer boy, 1861-1865, by Delavan S. Miller, Hungerford-Holbrook Co., Watertown, New York 1905, p. vii.
(http://www.archive.org/stream/drumtapsindixiem02mill)

Liveauctioneers Bidder at Disadvantage to Floor Bidder

The long and the short of it:

I found a drum I liked on the Internet. It was set to go up on auction on January 10 at Susanins in Chicago. The opening bid was to be $75 and the estimated value was $150-$250. See "1876 Klemm & Brother Bass Drum (Philadelphia)"

Lot 688028 was described as follows:

LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY KLEMM & BROTHER RAWHIDE DRUM. Circa 1870s, Philadelphia, with various handwriting on the interior with dates "March 19, 1876". Manufacturer's tag on inside of drum. With two drumsticks Height: 24" Diameter: 24".

Auction Date: Jan. 10, 2009

SUSANIN'S Auctions
900 South Clinton
Chicago, IL 60607
United States

So, on December 31, 2008 at 04:25:17 I placed a bid through Live Auctioneers for $225.

Live Auctioneers' website approved and recorded my bid.

Come the day of the auction and the drum went for $225. I am a winner, or so I thought. Not so fast.

I contacted Susanin's because although I was sure I had won the auction, I had not received any confirmation or request for payment.

It was then that I learned the sad truth. A floor bidder bidding on the day of the auction, 10 days AFTER my bid, took home the drum for $225!

How could this happen? Shlomi Rabi, Consignor Services at Susanin's, explained the awful truth -- how this could have happened: my December 31 bid of $225 through Liveauctioneers was entered on the day of the auction at the starting estimated value of $150 (why not $75?). A floor bidder could have responded with $175, to which Liveauctioneers would have responded by doling out another $25, bringing my bid to $200. The floor bidder could have responded at the $225 level. And then Liveauctioneers, being out of ammunition, could have folded and left me with nothing while the floor bidder walked off with my prize for the bid I made 10 days earlier!

That's just not fair. And it would not have happened that way on eBay where all bidders stand on equal footing. Even eBayers using sniper services are constrained at the final seconds to operate within eBay's bidding system thus assuring equality of opportunity for all bidders and precedence of earlier-in-time bidders. No such guarantees apply when bidding through Liveauctioneers.com.

A Liveauctioneers Internet proxy bidder has NO CHANCE against a live floor bidder. I've complained about this kind of disadvantage before (see "Sempf & Ottes Drum (NYC))", this blog, Sept. 17, 2008).

The solution? Unfortunately (for Liveactioneers), the solution might be to place a bid directly with the auction house. A better solution is to be a floor bidder or participate live on-line or by telephone. Otherwise, all we're doing by bidding on the Internet is providing a bottom, an insurance policy of sorts, that the item being auctioned sells to someone.

And that, friends, just is not fair.

IMO.

Painting Two Cavaliers Gamble c1920s H Pyle

OOC Painting Two Cavaliers Gamble c1920s H Pyle
OOC - Two Cavaliers Gamble on Drum for fate of captured foe tied to tree in their camp, unsigned, ca 1920s, in the manner of Howard Pyle, in gold painted deep cove Victorian gesso frame, SS: 191 1/2" x 25 1/2", OS: 25 1/2" x 31 1/2", circular craquelere at drum.

Winter Art, Antiques & Coin Auction
8:00 AM PT - Jan 31st, 2009

offered by
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
PO Box 300
Thomaston, ME 04861

Admin Contact
Carol Achterhoff
appraisal@kajav.com
207 354 8141

A. Rogers Manufacturing Civil War Infantry Drum

Civil War Drum.
A Rogers Mfg. Infantry Drum. 15 1/2" high and 16 1/2" diameter. with original drumsticks and holder.

Ken Schultz, Military, Railroad & more
7:00 AM PT - Jan 24th, 2009

offered by
Philip Weiss Auctions
1 Neil Court
Oceanside, NY 11572

Admin Contact
Phil Weiss
516-594-0731
phil@prwauctions.com

1876 Klemm & Brother Bass Drum (Philadelphia)

Lot 688028 Described as follows:

LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY KLEMM & BROTHER RAWHIDE DRUM. Circa 1870s, Philadelphia, with various handwriting on the interior with dates "March 19, 1876". Manufacturer's tag on inside of drum. With two drumsticks Height: 24" Diameter: 24".

Auction Date: Jan. 10, 2009

SUSANIN'S Auctions
900 South Clinton
Chicago, IL 60607
United States

Helpful Website by Lee Vinson (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

W. Lee Vinson, percussionist, Boston Symphony Orchestra, lecturer (percussion) at Boston University Collge of Fine Arts, and vice president of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society has an interesting and informative website loaded with content, including articles he's written, warmups, exercises and technical routines, and photos and information about some of the drums in his personal collection.

Here is a sample of some of the drums and Lee's brief but interesting commentary about them.

George B. Stone Field Drum

George B. Stone, whose son George Lawrence Stone was better known as a teacher and author, was probably the most prominent drum builder in Boston in the early 20th century. This drum, built in 1927, has a beautifully preserved maple shell and the original wire wound silk snares. Despite the fire engine red color, it has the kind of big, warm sound you would expect from an 80 year old maple drum.

Thompson & Odell Snare Drum


This is the BSO's oldest snare drum! Kept for many years by Frank Epstein, it has now come into my possession. While it is dusty and in need of repair, this drum tells quite a story in many ways.

Thompson & Odell was a Boston based musical instrument manufacturer and music publishing company from 1884 - 1909. Many of their instruments were produced by third parties and merely distributed by Thompson & Odell as was the case with this drum.

This drum has seen multiple modifications over the years. I believe this may have begun its life as a rope drum or perhaps a rod tension drum with no posts attached to the shell. The snare throw-off and maroon colored paint were also added at some point. While the reinforcing rings inside of the drum are now unattached, the manufacturers label is still intact and legible.

This drum is currently awaiting a thorough cleaning and a new snare side head. I'm still researching Thompson & Odell so hopefully new information will follow!

Duplex Thumbscrew Snare Drum


Listed in Duplex catalogs as either the 'Thumbscrew Orchestra Drum' or the 'Improved Thumbscrew Band and Drum Corps Drum', this drum requires oversized 15.5" calfskin heads. The 6" x 15" size suggests that this instrument was either a large concert drum or a small field drum.

While similar models were produced by other prominent companies of the day including Leedy and George B. Stone, the particular throw-off on this drum was a feature available only from Duplex. The throw-off lever is stamped "PAT. APLD FOR" which places this drum sometime after 1913.

1920 US Patent - Ludwig Pioneer Snare Drum

1920 US Patent - Ludwig Pioneer Snare Drum

Year: 1920
Artist: Robert C. Danly
Class: Percussion
Color: Aged
Weight: 70t, 80c
Size: 8-1/2 × 11 in.
Type: Unframed
This listing includes:

- 4 Historical Documents (USPTO)
- 1 Lithographic Art Print



This document reads:

"Be it known that I, ROBERT C. DANLY, a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snare-Tensioning Devices for Drums..."

Background:

In 1920, a patent was issued to Robert C. Danly for his invention of the Ludwig Pioneer Snare Drum. The Ludwig Pioneer model was manufactured by the Ludwig & Ludwig Drum Company during the golden era, known as the "Jazz Age". The Ludwig Pioneer featured the first cam-operated tensioning device, which allowed the adjusted snare strings to be easily moved into a set or release position.

Possible 18th Century Drum(s)

Lot 243. Revolutionary War Drumsticks & Belt (Sold for $2,530)


ESTATE OF TOM WNUCK OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Early Military Drums
Lots 240. 15" 18th Century Drum (sold for $880); 241. 24" Early 18th Century Drum (sold for $605); 242. 16" Revolutionary War Militia Drum (sold for $2,420)

Note: Descriptions and price information from the Auction of
ESTATE OF TOM WNUCK OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
held on Sat., Nov. 23, 2002
Includes 10% Buyer's Premium

See discussion of the storage drum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Revlist/message/72247.

21st Michigan Infantry: Sherman's Volunteers, 1860s

21st Michigan Infantry: Sherman's Volunteers, 1860s
Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823–1896)
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933 (33.65.232)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

CW Drum in Sweetwater (Wyoming) Museum

The mission of the Sweetwater County Historical Museum is to preserve and present the story of Sweetwater County from its early beginnings to the present, to serve as a depository for historical items and records and to serve as an educational and informational center for children and adults.

1931 MILITARY FIELD DRUM MAKES ITS MSO STAGE DEBUT

A 1931 rope-tensioned military field drum donated to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra makes its stage debut in Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique in the hands of its lifelong player.

An amateur percussionist and member of the South Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mr John Marsh will join the MSO’s percussion section to perform a long drum roll at the end of the fourth movement which Berlioz wrote especially for this type of instrument.

MSO percussionist John Arcaro said “We’re absolutely delighted to receive such a treasured gift from Mr Marsh. With its original rope, leather straps and natural skins, the Drum produces a unique and authentic military sound. It’s in excellent condition.”

The field Drum and its owner will make their appearance in the MSO’s concerts on 12, 13, 14 December at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall conducted by Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Oleg Caetani.

Speaking about his field Drum, Mr Marsh said “I’m very pleased to donate it to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.”

“I want it to be used, and in donating it to the Orchestra, I’m ensuring that it will be cared for and played for many years to come.”

Now in his eighties, Mr Marsh has owned the Drum since it was commissioned by his father as a gift for his eighth birthday. He has played it constantly throughout his life, in school, university and community concerts, both sharing a long and rich history together.

The Drum was made in Charlestown, Massachusetts by William F. Mackintosh. It is typical of the rope-tensioned field drums for military and civilian use that were used in the 1800's and during the American Civil War. Music played an important role in motivating the troops before, during and after conflicts on the battlefield. Towards the end of the 19th century, metal or rod-tensioning became popular and remains so in modern drums today.

The MSO welcomes donations of property which address significant gaps in its instrument bank, or if you wish to donate to the MSO Foundation, please contact Jessica Frean, Philanthrophy Manager on 03 9626 1107.

Concert details:
BERLIOZ’ FANTASTIC VISION – Master Series 10
Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 December at 8:00pm
the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall

Bookings: www.mso.com.au or 1300 136 166

RAVEL Une barque sur l’ocean
STRAUSS Burleske
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Oleg Caetani conductor
Marc-Andre Hamelin piano

ENDS

For interviews or photo opportunities please contact Debora McInnes on 03 9626 1106 or mcinnesd@mso.com.au

1931 MILITARY FIELD DRUM MAKES ITS MSO STAGE DEBUT

William H. Guthman's Incredible Drum Collection

The drums of William Guthman, sold with a portion of his substantial collection of militaria and Americana, are pictured below, all from the catalog of The William H. Guthman Collection, Part II: Militaria and Americana, Thursday October 12, 2006, The Frank Jones Center, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Bill Guthman was a historian as well as a collector. In fact, one could say that he was a collector because he was a historian. He was fascinated by every piece he acquired, and he researched each new find with avid interest. It was this intense desire to uncover the story behind the object that made his collection so uniquely his.

Bill started collecting on weekend trips outside Manhattan, where he worked for a prominent retailer of girls’ frocks. Unable to confine his pursuits to the weekend, he began hunting in the city on his lunch hours, up and down Second and Third Avenues. And then, unable to confine these pursuits at all, he gave up his day job to become a full-time dealer and collector. As with any good collector, his enthusiasm for and joy in collecting bordered on obsession. But perhaps less usual, his passion was contingent on sharing the excitement – houseguests lucky enough to happen upon Bill in the throes of examining a new acquisition were quickly engaged in its study, and were then frequently treated to a tour of parts of his collection as well. He simply couldn’t bear to let others miss out on the fun.

As his family, we had the privilege of living amidst this passion and engagement every day. Life was a little more exciting when, upon each trip down the stairs, we were confronted by General Wolf, wilted gracefully in his picture frame, and casting his nobly resigned eye upon us as he met death one more time.

Although he started out focusing on guns, swords, and other paraphernalia of war, as he matured as a collector Bill became interested in an increasingly wide range of nonmilitary objects. He took up collecting ceramics, which most often bore decorations with patriotic or historical themes: Castleford teapots adorned with molded eagles, “old blue” Staffordshire plates with historic statehouses and other landmarks transfer printed onto their surfaces, and great rarities such as the “No Stamp Act” teapot. He also began to fill the rooms of his home with maple, pine, or cherry furniture made for solid, prosperous – but never grand – farmers, merchants, and craftsmen.

Bill loved quirky things, as is evident throughout his collection in the “make-do” features of many forms and media. One of his favorite items, which held pride of place on a living-room table, was a candle holder made from a cut-down mortar shell. He was also especially fond of chairs and tables with personality lent by painted finishes, ingenious repairs, or commemorative dates. That said, his infallible eye lit upon more traditional forms as well, such as the majestic Queen Anne arm chair and the eagle-inlaid desk included in this auction. In short, Bill could not resist a magnificent object, regardless of what exactly made it so.

When his furnishings and accessories were well in hand, Bill began to decorate his walls. Initially he searched out American folk-art paintings, but later replaced them with McKenney and Hall lithographs of important Native American leaders, complementing them with the superlative catlinite pipes hanging above and beside them. His great love of Native American art and artifacts was rooted in his early and enduring interest in the engagement of the white man and the Indian on the New England frontier.

Above and beyond the swords, tomahawks, armchairs, and teapots, Bill collected books about his objects, and about American history. When asked to lecture about his collection, as he often was in recent years, he always told the audience that his library was the most important single feature of his collection. Without his books, half the fun of collecting – the research on the newest acquisition’s maker, date, place of manufacture and use, and original owner, if known – would have been lost. Upon completing a deal, he would sit at the kitchen table for hours with his books open all around him, piecing together a story. When information wasn’t available in secondary sources, he turned to primary ones, frequently acquiring letters and period documents pertinent to his current project. He was often then compelled to write an article on his findings so that he could share what he had learned with the world.

Bill was fortunate in that he was able to build a life around the objects he loved. And it is fair to say that the world is just as fortunate, as his contribution to the scholarship of American history has enhanced and added color to our knowledge of the lives, occupations, and preoccupations of early Americans. His curiosity, intelligence, and knowledge inspired immense respect and admiration in us, his family, as well as in his colleagues, many of whom became close friends. To know his collection is, in large part, to know Bill, and thus it is with both great sadness and delight that we see it offered here for the next generation to love.

Elizabeth Stillinger Guthman
Pamela Guthman
Scott Guthman
Alice Stillinger
Amelia Stillinger
September 7, 2006

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608 WAR OF ROSES PAINTED MILITIA SNARE DRUM, ABNER STEVENS, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1822 (?). Painted with a stylized rose flanked by smaller rose blossoms and buds against leaftips in red and green, the percussion hole within a blue and red star, surrounded by a circular border of nail decoration within diamonds, the interior with label inscribed “Abner Stevens, Military and Bass Drums, Pittsfield, 1822,” appears to retain its original red painted bands, rope, snares, top skin and carrying strap. Height 16 inches, diameter 16 ½ inches.

609 PAINTED SNARE DRUM, ATTRIBUTED TO ABNER STEVENS, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1820. Painted with a roundel enclosing stylized flowers within a cartouche border of buds, berries and leaves, all in cream, red and dark green, the ivory-lined percussion hole within brass nail decoration in the form of a stylized flowerhead within diamonds, the leather pulls embossed with anchors, retains the original skins, red painted bands, snares and rope. Height 16 ½ inches, diameter 16 ½ inches.

610 TWO PAINTED AND NAIL-DECORATED DRUMS. Each painted around the percussion hole with a stylized flowerhead and foliage in red, green and yellow, further embellished with brass nail decoration in a conforming pattern, one appears to retain its original red washed bands, snares and skins, and bears the label of “New Military Store, J. & H. Meacham, No. 84 State Street, Albany...,” height 15 inches, diameter 16 ½ inches. Together with Susan Cifaldi, “Benjamin Clark’s Drum Book,” 1989. (3)

611 PAINTED MILITIA DRUM, “QUINCY LIGHT INFANTRY,” CIRCA 1790-1810. Inscribed “QUINCY LIT. INFANTRY” in red letters on a pale blue ground, the sides striped in red and white and within bright red bands joined by rosehead nails. Height 19 inches, diameter 16 ¼ inches. The Quincy Light Infantry was raised in 1790 by private charter, and disbanded in 1846 when its property was sold at auction. Literature: Discussed and illustrated in William Guthman, “American Militia Drums, 1775-1845,” THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, July 1982, p. 149, fig. 4.

612 IMPORTANT “BOSTON CITY GUARDS” MILITIA DRUM, PAINTED BY CHARLES HUBBARD, CIRCA 1824. Painted with an adaptation of the Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts within flags and trumpets, the banners inscribed “City Guards” and “Instituted Sept. 1821,” the red and black striped sides within black bands, appears to retain its original skins and hoops, signed and dated beneath the shield “Chs. Hubbard./ Boston/ 1824.” Height 17 ½ inches, diameter 17 inches. Charles Hubbard (1801-76) worked in Boston from the mid-1820’s until 1869. In 1834 he advertised as a sign and ornamental painter, and painter of military standards and masonic regalia. This drum was painted for the volunteer militia regiment Boston City Guards, using their insignia adapted from the seal of Massachusetts as the decoration. Literature: Discussed and illustrated in William Guthman, “American Militia Drums, 1775-1845,” THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, July 1982, p. 155, fig. 12.

632 THREE PRINTS FROM “U.S. MILITARY MAGAZINE.” Comprising “To the New England Guards,” from "Life on Stone" by A. Huffy, P.S. Duval, Lithographer, Phil., and W.J.H. Hubbard printer, pl. 21, vol. 1; “To the Washington Cavalry of Phila Coty,” pl. 29, vol. 1; and “To the Philadelphia Grays,” pl. II., vol. 1; all three dedicated by Huddy & Duval, approximately 11 x 8 ½ inches. Together with a pair of colored engravings of an officer and a drummer, engraved by H. Bunbury Esq. and published by A. Suntach, sight 9 ¾ x 7 ⅛ inches; and “Arms Exercises,” two pages of woodcuts taken from a militia training manuel, circa 1820-30, showing “Funeral Motions.” (6)

637 PAINTED MILITIA BASS DRUM, FREDERICK LANE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1813-19. Painted with a view of Massassoit beneath a raised arm brandishing a sword, encircled by a red banner inscribed with the state motto “ENSE PETIT PLACIDEN SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM (With the Sword We Seek Peace, But Only Under Liberty), within berried laurel branches, the shell painted with red and dark-blue stripes edged in mustard, with the original skins, ropes, hoops and iron strap hook mounted on an iron plate, the interior bearing a partial paper label inscribed “Frederick Lane Keeps Constantly For Sale at His Music Store at No. 79 State Street, Boston, Bassoons with Trumpets, Bird Organs, Tenor Violins....” Height 22 ½ inches, diameter 24 inches.

638 PAINTED MILITIA DRUM DECORATED WITH AN EAGLE, WITH ORIGINAL CARRYING STRAP. Painted with an eagle bearing a shield, clutching a brace of arrows and branches and beneath six stars, all in red, blue, mustard and cream on a blue ground and within a scalloped border, the sides grain-painted in red, blue and mustard, appears to retain its original bands, snares and top skin, as well as a linen hanging strap. Height 15 ½ inches, diameter 15 inches.

639 AMERICAN POLYCHROME PAINTED PINE MILITIA DRUM. Painted on the front with a displayed eagle bearing a shield and clutching arrows and branches, within a starburst border. Diameter 16 ¼ inches.

640 AMERICAN POLYCHROME PAINTED AND STENCILLED PINE MILITIA DRUM. Decorated on the front with a crowned shield with crossed swords above a skull and crossbones, inscribed “DERRYGALLY RANGERS,” within scrolling vines and tendrils on a gold ground, flanked on one side with four studded roundels. Diameter 16 inches.

641 PAINTED MILITIA SNARE DRUM DECORATED WITH AN EAGLE AND SHIELD, CIRCA 1820. The eagle painted with finely articulated feathers in cream, grasping a brace of arrows and a red, white and blue shield in its talons, beneath seventeen stars and a rayed red halo, all on a dark blue-green ground, the ivorylined percussion hole within brass nail decoration in geometric patterns, appears to retain its original red bands, skins, and roping. Height 16 inches, diameter 16 ½ inches. Literature: Discussed and illustrated in William Guthman, “American Militia Drums, 1775-1845,” THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, July 1982, p. 153, fig. 9.

642 PAINTED MILITIA DRUM DECORATED WITH AN EAGLE, PAINTED BY STEPHEN EMORY, RINDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1830. Painted with an eagle bearing a shield, clutching a brace of arrows and branches and beneath fifteen stars, all in mustard, red and blue on a blue ground within a mustard and red sunburst border, the sides grained in red. Height 15 inches, diameter 16 ½ inches.

691 TWO PAINTED EAGLE-DECORATED CHILDREN’S DRUMS, EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. The first painted with an eagle bearing a shield, clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, a banner in its mouth inscribed “E PLURIBUS UNUM” beneath a blue sky with thirteen stars, the interior with the label of “FREDERICK LANE, #85 COURT ST, BOSTON,” height 12 inches, diameter 12 ½ inches; the second circa 1815, printed with an eagle beneath “E PLURIBUS UNUM” within a leafy wreath, the sides painted with orange, yellow, blue and green squiggles, height 10 ¾ inches, diameter 11 ½ inches. Exhibited: The Museum of Early American Folk Arts, New York, 1966.

704 PAINTED MILITIA “MAKE-DO” SNARE DRUM, CONVERTED INTO A STORAGE CONTAINER, CIRCA 1812. Painted with an eagle in flight, bearing a shield and clutching a brace of arrows and branches beneath fourteen stars, all in red, blue, green and gold on a blue ground within a red starburst border, the wood drum with traces of grain decoration. Height 14 ½ inches, diameter 15 ½ inches.

705 PAINTED TIN EAGLE-DECORATED “MAKE-DO” CIVIL WAR DRUM, PROBABLY FROM A GAR POST. Painted with an eagle soaring above a red, white and blue shield and holding a banner inscribed “PLURIBUS UNUM,” all on a blue ground, appears to retain the old hoops and ropes. Height 18 ½ inches, diameter 21 ¼ inches. Together with a snare drum painted around the percussion hole with a stylized floral device embellished with brass nails in a conforming pattern, the sides grained in red and black. Height 14 ½ inches, diameter 16 ¾ inches. (2)

716 ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD DRUM. Painted on the front with the crowned initial “GR” above “XXXIII” on a red ground, within red and ochre leather bands, bearing a paper label inscribed “HISTORIC REPRODUCTION/ of 18th Century British Military Drum belonging to the/ 33rd Regiment of Foot which Fought in the American Revolution.” Diameter 14 ½ inches.

717 PAINTED WOOD BASS DRUM DECORATED WITH AN EAGLE, CIRCA 1830. Painted with an eagle in mustard with black and red spots, clutching a red serpent spotted in black and yellow, above eleven stars and a swag painted to match the eagle, beneath seven stars flanking the initials “J.A.,” the percussion hole within the nail initials “IOI” flanked by vertical borders, the sides grained and within red sponged bands. Height 21 inches, diameter 25 inches.

See also: Northeast Auctions Fall 2006.

Drum Prints in the Digital Collection of the Library of Congress

TITLE: Drum corps, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-E [item] [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-4540 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of 18 men and boys, many seated on drums.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1861 June [printed later]
NOTES:No. 4540.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
TOPICS:New York troops.
SUBJECTS:Military bands--Virginia--Arlington County--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music--Union.
FORMAT:Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02793 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02793
CONTROL #: 00651612

TITLE: [Falmouth, Va. Drum corps of 61st New York Infantry]
CALL NUMBER: LC-B817- 7520[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpb-04019 (digital file from original neg.)
LC-B8171-7520 (b&w film neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 March.
CREATOR:
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer.
NOTES:
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0177
Title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).
TOPICS:
New York troops.
61st New York Infantry.
SUBJECTS:
United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 61st.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Infantry--Union.
Burnside's Expedition to North Carolina, 1862,
Military bands.
United States--Virginia--Falmouth.
FORMAT:
Wet collodion negatives.
PART OF: Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpb 04019 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.04019
(digital file from intermediary roll copy film) cwp 4a40127
CONTROL #: cwp2003000177/PP


TITLE: Yankee doodle 1776 / A.M. Willard.
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Clay, Cosack & Co.--Yankee doodle 1776 (C size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-05936 (digital file from original print)
LC-USZC4-694 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-5330 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Print shows three patriots, two playing drums and one playing a fife, leading troops into battle.
MEDIUM: 1 print : chromolithograph.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cleveland, Ohio : Pub. by J.F. Ryder, c1876.
CREATOR:
Willard, Archibald M., 1836-1918, artist.
RELATED NAMES:
Ryder, James F., 1826-1904, publisher.
NOTES:
3383G U.S. Copyright Office.
Title from item.
Entered according to act of Congress by J.F. Ryder in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. in the year 18[76].
Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007.
SUBJECTS:
Patriotism--1870-1880.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Commemoration.
FORMAT:
Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) ppmsca 05936 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.05936
(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3b52205 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52205
(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a08638 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a08638
CONTROL #: 2004673466


TITLE: [Washington, D.C. Drum Corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps at leisure]
CALL NUMBER: LC-B817- 7688[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpb-04139 (digital file from original neg.)
LC-B8171-7688 (b&w film neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 June.
NOTES:
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0793
Title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
SUBJECTS:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
Games.
Military bands.
Veterans.
United States--District of Columbia--Washington.
FORMAT:
Wet collodion negatives.
PART OF: Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpb 04139 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.04139
(digital file from intermediary roll copy film) cwp 4a40177
CONTROL #: cwp2003000970/PP


TITLE: ["Elmira Cornet Band," Thirty-third Regiment, of the New York State Volunteers, July 1861]
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-E [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-4545 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of 16 men and boys posed with musical instruments. Drum reads: "Elmira Cornet Band."
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1861 July, printed later]
NOTES:
No. 4545.
Title and date from supplied by Library staff based on information in: Uncle Beebe, an American Civil War narrative / John Dowling. London : Athena Press, c2003, p. 31.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
TOPICS:
New York troops.
SUBJECTS:
Military bands--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music--Union.
FORMAT:
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
OTHER TITLE:
Band of the 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02779 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02779
CONTROL #: 00651613


TITLE: Group of Co. A, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Va., June, 1861
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-E [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-7985 (color film copy transparency)
LC-B8184-4541 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group of soldiers posed in front of tent, one with drum, one with flag, some with rifles, some with swords, and a dog.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later]
NOTES:
No. 4541.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
Military camps--Union--Virginia--Arlington--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g07985 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g07985
CONTROL #: 2001695007


TITLE: [Three Spanish soldiers, full-length portrait, standing, with bayoneted rifles and drums]
CALL NUMBER: LOT 7736 [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-108740 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions..." (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html)
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : albumen.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1860 and 1880]
CREATOR:
Laurent, J., photographer.
NOTES:
In album: Spain, p. 63.
SUBJECTS:
Military personnel--Spain--1860-1880.
FORMAT:
Group portraits 1860-1880.
Portrait photographs 1860-1880.
Albumen prints 1860-1880.
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c08740 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c08740
CONTROL #: 94512285


TITLE: Marine Band Drum [.]
CALL NUMBER: LC-F82- 306[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-npcc-31370 (digital file from original photo)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1910 and 1935]
NOTES:
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve.
Date from negatives in same range.
Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947.
This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings.
Temp. note: Batch seven.
FORMAT:
Glass negatives.
PART OF: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original photo) npcc 31370 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/npcc.31370
CONTROL #: npc2008011871



Note the statue of Lt. General George Washington in the middle just above the heads of the bandsmen. It is located at Washington Circle, 23rd and K and Pennsylvania and New Hampshire NW (1860). Source: Horse Statues In Washington, DC by Debora Johnson (see close-up photo below from Ms. Johnson's website). That monument helps us determine the location where the band's photo was taken to within a few hundred feet.

TITLE: Band of 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-G [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-7807 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of 17 uniformed men posed in a semicircle and holding instruments, with two drums in foreground.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 Apr. [printed later]
NOTES:
No. 807.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original glass negative is broken: LC-B817-7807.
SUBJECTS:
Military bands--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music--Union.
FORMAT:
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02782 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02782
CONTROL #: 00651195


TITLE: Drum corps of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-G [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8171-7688 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of about 30 men, some holding instruments and others reading, writing, and playing cards.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 Apr. [printed later]
NOTES:
No. 688.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original glass negative is broken: LC-B817-7688.
SUBJECTS:
Military bands--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music--Union.
FORMAT:
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02785 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02785
CONTROL #: 00651194


TITLE: [Drummer boys off duty, playing cards in camp, winter of 1862]
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4188 [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-10548 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of 6 men and boys; some are playing cards at a table outside of a log and tent shelter.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1862, printed later]
NOTES:
Title from Miller, vol. 8, p. 195.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
Card games--1860-1870.
Military camps--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union.
FORMAT:
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02787 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02787
CONTROL #: 00651621


TITLE: [The Continentals] / FBM 1875.
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Mayer--Continentals (C size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-13345 (color film copy transparency)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Print showing two soldiers of the Continental Army color guard, playing fife and drum, marching in winter.
MEDIUM: 1 print : chromolithograph.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1875.
CREATOR:
Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899.
NOTES:
G4917 U.S. Copyright Office.
Title devised by Library staff.
Copyright 1875.
SUBJECTS:
United States.--Continental Army--People.
Soldiers--1770-1780.
Musicians--1770-1780.
Marching--1770-1780.
Winter--1770-1780.
FORMAT:
Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g13345 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g13345
CONTROL #: 2006680120


TITLE: Band of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-G [item] [P&P]
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REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-7865 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of 15 uniformed band members holding instruments, with two drums in foreground.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1865 Apr. [printed later]
NOTES:
No. 865.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
Military bands--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music--Union.
FORMAT:
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02783 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02783
CONTROL #: 00651193


TITLE: [Untitled]
CALL NUMBER: LC-BH84- 7[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03345 (digital file from original neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1860 and 1870]
NOTES:
Annotation from negative, written on tape, emulsion side: - Drum Corps 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Bealton, VA. Aug. 1863.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
FORMAT:
Glass negatives 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpbh 03345 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.03345
CONTROL #: cwp2003001297/PP


TITLE: Southington, Connecticut. Member of the youth drum corps
CALL NUMBER: LC-USW3- 041813-E [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USW3-041813-E (b&w film nitrate neg.)
MEDIUM: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1942 May 23-30.
CREATOR:
Jacobs, Fenno, 1904-1975, photographer.
NOTES:
Title and other information from caption card.
LOT 0994 (Location of corresponding print.)
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Film copy on SIS roll 16, frame 1033.
SUBJECTS:
United States--Connecticut--Hartford County--Southington.
FORMAT:
Nitrate negatives.
PART OF: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll film) fsa 8d34826 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d34826
OTHER NUMBER: D 378
CONTROL #: owi2001038726/P


TITLE: Parade of the drums corps, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, state fair
CALL NUMBER: LC-USF33- 011762-M2 [P&P]
LOT 1685 (corresponding photographic print). Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USF33-011762-M2 (b&w film nitrate neg.)
MEDIUM: 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1938 Nov.
CREATOR:
Lee, Russell, 1903- photographer.
NOTES:
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
TOPICS:
Donaldsonville--Louisiana
SUBJECTS:
United States--Louisiana--Donaldsonville.
FORMAT:
Nitrate negatives.
PART OF: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll film) fsa 8a24213 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a24213
OTHER NUMBER: E 9167
CONTROL #: fsa1997024175/P


TITLE: Sgt. John Clem, U.S.A.
CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4088 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpbh-01074 (digital file from original neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1855 and 1865]
NOTES:
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
Annotation from negative, in pencil: John Clem.
Annotation from negative, glass side: 14 X 17, print in the face so as to get modulation 3 X 4; 3 X 4 figure.
Drummer boy at Shilo.
Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1850-1870.
Glass negatives 1850-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpbh 01074 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.01074
CONTROL #: brh2003003967/PP


TITLE: Manpower, junior size. The spirit of '42. The Jefferson High School drum and bugle corps in Roanoke, Virginia started the junior commando rally with a fanfare and a drum roll. Outside of the auditorium, the "military band" prepared to enter the hall where Roanoke school children awaited the opening of the rally that was to number them as part of America's junior army to collect scrap for our armed forces
CALL NUMBER: LC-USE6- D-006430 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USE6-D-006430 (b&w film neg.)
MEDIUM: 1 negative : safety ; 5 x 7 inches or smaller.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1942 Oct.
CREATOR:
Liberman, Howard, photographer.
RELATED NAMES:
United States. Office of War Information.
NOTES:
Title and other information from caption card.
Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches).
LOT 1935 (Location of corresponding print.)
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1653.
SUBJECTS:
United States--Virginia--Roanoke.
FORMAT:
Safety film negatives.
PART OF: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540
DIGITAL ID: (intermediary roll film) fsa 8b04391 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b04391
CONTROL #: oem2002004963/PP


TITLE: John Clem and Brother
CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 37 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpbh-00716 (digital file from original neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1855 and 1865]
NOTES:
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve.
Annotation from negative, in pencil: Jno. Clem & Bro.
Drummer Boy; Shilo - Civil War, Brady Neg, (group of 2).
Forms part of Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1850-1870.
Glass negatives 1850-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpbh 00716 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00716
CONTROL #: brh2003003748/PP

TITLE: [Drummer boy, taking a rest, Culpeper, Va.] / EF.
CALL NUMBER: DRWG/US - Forbes, no. 111 (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-8973 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-79242 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 drawing : pencil.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [18]63 Sept. 30.
CREATOR:
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, artist.
NOTES:
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.112)
Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SUBJECTS:
Drums--1860-1870.
Military personnel--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
United States--Virginia--Culpeper
FORMAT:
Portrait drawings American 1860-1870.
PART OF: Civil War drawing collection
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08973 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08973
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b26315 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b26315
CONTROL #: 2004661816


TITLE: Marine drummer at Parris Island, S.C.?
CALL NUMBER: LC-USW36-234 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-fsac-1a35106 (digital file from original transparency)
LC-USW361-234 (color film copy slide)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 transparency : color.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1942 May
CREATOR:
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer.
NOTES:
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Additional information about this photograph might be available through the Flickr Commons project at http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179879696
SUBJECTS:
United States.--Marine Corps
World War, 1939-1945
Military uniforms
Drums
Air bases
United States--South Carolina--Parris Island
FORMAT:
Transparencies Color
PART OF: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-32
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original transparency) fsac 1a35106 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35106
CONTROL #: fsa1992001295/PP


TITLE: GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC PARADE AT 1915 ENCAMPMENT. MICHIGAN DRUM CORPS: AT LEFT, GEORGE D. HUMPHREY, DEPARTMENTAL COMMANDER OF NEBRASKA
CALL NUMBER: LC-H261- 5626[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-hec-06317 (digital file from original negative)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1915.
CREATOR:
Harris & Ewing, photographer.
NOTES:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch one.
SUBJECTS:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
FORMAT:
Glass negatives.
PART OF: Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original negative) hec 06317 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.06317
CONTROL #: hec2008004433


TITLE: [The drummer soldiers of the Selamlik Ceremony units of the Fire Brigade]
CALL NUMBER: LOT 9521, no. 11 [item] [P&P]
Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-81144 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1880 and 1893]
NOTES:
Title translated from album caption.
Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French.
No. 11.
In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.
Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
Drums--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Soldiers--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
FORMAT:
Gelatin silver prints 1880-1900.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b28028 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b28028
CONTROL #: 2003672836


TITLE: [Bealeton, Va. Drum corps, 93d New York Infantry]
CALL NUMBER: LC-B817- 7514[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-cwpb-04015 (digital file from original neg.)
LC-B8171-7514 (b&w film neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 August.
CREATOR:
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer.
NOTES:
Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0217
Title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).
TOPICS:
New York troops.
93rd New York Infantry. Drum Corps.
SUBJECTS:
United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 93rd (1861-1865).--Drum Corps.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Military bands.
Infantry--Union.
United States--Virginia--Bealeton.
FORMAT:
Wet collodion negatives.
PART OF: Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original neg.) cwpb 04015 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.04015
(digital file from intermediary roll copy film) cwp 4a40125
CONTROL #: cwp2003000217/PP


TITLE: Study of drummer boys on the march
CALL NUMBER: DRWG/US - Forbes, no. 97 (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-79243 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 drawing.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 Aug. 11.
CREATOR:
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, artist.
NOTES:
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.96)
Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SUBJECTS:
Drums--1860-1870.
United States--Virginia--Beverly Ford
FORMAT:
Drawings American 1860-1870.
PART OF: Civil War drawing collection
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b26313 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b26313
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b26316 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b26316
CONTROL #: 2004661594


TITLE: 2d Rhode Island Infantry
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4189 [P&P]
Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-99873 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Three soldiers posed, full-length, standing, facing front; two of them holding rifles and one carrying drum.
MEDIUM: 1 photoprint.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1861 and 1865]
NOTES:
Civil War Photograph Collection.
No. 995.
SUBJECTS:
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Drums--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
FORMAT:
Group portraits 1860-1870.
Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
Photographic prints 1860-1870.
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b46927 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b46927
CONTROL #: 90709047


TITLE: Drum Corps, 30th Pennsylvania Inf'y.
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4190-D [item] [P&P]
Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-B8184-B491 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Group portrait of 15 men; most are holding drums as if ready to play.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later]
NOTES:
No. B491.
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
TOPICS:
Pennsylvania troops.
SUBJECTS:
Military bands--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music--Union.
FORMAT:
Photographic prints 1860-1910.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppmsc 02789 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.02789
CONTROL #: 00651619


TITLE: [ The 82nd Airborne Division band, under direction of Cpl. Charles Wood, playing reville during the Army's winter training exercise at Fr. Drum, New York]
CALL NUMBER: NYWTS - SUBJ/GEOG--United States--Army--Divisions--82nd Airborne [item] [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-136653 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1953.
NOTES:
Official U.S. Army photo.
Title devised by Library staff.
Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SUBJECTS:
United States.--Army.--Airborne Division, 82nd--People--New York (State)--Fort Drum--1950-1960.
United States.--Army.--Airborne Division, 82nd--Buildings--New York (State)--Fort Drum--1950-1960.
Military bands--1950-1960.
FORMAT:
Publicity photographs 1950-1960.
Photographic prints 1950-1960.
PART OF: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c36653 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c36653
CONTROL #: 2006683723


TITLE: Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Trumpeters and drummer on steps
CALL NUMBER: LC-H813- 2553-061 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-H813-2553-061 (b&w film neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Horydczak Collection" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/100_hory.html)
MEDIUM: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 in.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: ca. 1920-ca. 1950.
CREATOR:
Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer.
NOTES:
Item title devised.
SUBJECTS:
Military education.
Military bands.
United States--Maryland--Charlotte Hall.
FORMAT:
Acetate negatives.
PART OF: Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971. Theodor Horydczak Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (intermediary roll film) thc 5a36484 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a36484
CONTROL #: thc1995007859/PP


TITLE: CONFEDERATE REUNION. FIFE AND DRUM CORPS
CALL NUMBER: LC-H261- 8877[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-hec-08844 (digital file from original negative)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1917.
CREATOR:
Harris & Ewing, photographer.
NOTES:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch two.
SUBJECTS:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
FORMAT:
Glass negatives.
PART OF: Harris & Ewing Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original negative) hec 08844 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hec.08844
CONTROL #: hec2008006136


TITLE: 2nd Rhode Island Infantry
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4189 [P&P]
Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-99871 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Three soldiers in camp with drums.
MEDIUM: 1 photoprint.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1861 and 1865]
NOTES:
Civil War Photograph Collection.
No. 1044.
SUBJECTS:
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Drums--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
FORMAT:
Portrait photographs 1860-1870.
Group portraits 1860-1870.
Photographic prints 1860-1870.
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b46925 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b46925
CONTROL #: 90709042


TITLE: U.S.S. Massachusetts buglers and drummer
CALL NUMBER: LC-D4-20609 [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-D4-20609 (b&w glass neg.)
MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between 1896 and 1901]
RELATED NAMES:
Detroit Publishing Co., publisher.
NOTES:
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020609.
Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SUBJECTS:
Massachusetts (Battleship : 1896-1920)
Battleships--American.
Musicians.
Seamen--American.
Drums.
Bugles.
FORMAT:
Dry plate negatives.
PART OF: Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll film) det 4a14426 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a14426
CONTROL #: det1994001073/PP


TITLE: Drum Corps of the 61st New York Infantry. Falmouth, VA March 1863
CALL NUMBER: SSF - Bands (Music) [item] [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-58877 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html)
SUMMARY: In uniform, with drums.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1863 March.
NOTES:
Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.
Use LC-B8171-7520.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions..
Caption card tracings: Music...--Drums; CW--Drummer boys; Shelf.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b06676 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b06676
CONTROL #: 2005693249


TITLE: A watched pot never boils ; A tasty supper ; Drummer boys ; Played out / Edwin Forbes.
CALL NUMBER: DRWG/US - Forbes, no. L29 (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-79173 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Four vignettes showing army life at periods of rest. In the first, a young African American soldier has fallen asleep next to pot which has fallen off the campfire ; the second shows a group of men seated around a campfire ; the third shows three drummers at rest, two standing with their drums on their backs and the third seated on his drum ; the fourth shows two exhausted soldiers asleep next to a tree while their detachment marches off into the background.
MEDIUM: 1 drawing : pencil.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [ca. 1876]
CREATOR:
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, artist.
NOTES:
Part of "Life studies of the great army."
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.323)
Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SUBJECTS:
Sleeping--1860-1870.
Drums--1860-1870.
Outdoor cookery--1860-1870.
Military personnel--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
FORMAT:
Drawings American 1870-1880.
PART OF: Civil War drawing collection
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b26246 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b26246
CONTROL #: 2004661898


TITLE: [Drum]mer boy, Culpeper
CALL NUMBER: DRWG/US - Forbes, no. 70a (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-12788 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Drummer boy, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, holding drum over left shoulder.
MEDIUM: 1 drawing : pencil.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [18]63 Sept. 29.
CREATOR:
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, artist.
NOTES:
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.71)
Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SUBJECTS:
Military personnel--Union--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
United States--Virginia--Culpeper
FORMAT:
Portrait drawings American 1860-1870.
PART OF: Civil War drawing collection
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a15145 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a15145
CONTROL #: 2004661928

Was Carrington Backsticking in the 1870s? YES!

And, on another page from the "There's Nothing New Under the Sun" book, it looks to me that champion drummer A.R. Carrington had mastered backsticking (at least right-handed backsticking) and a few other tricks we haven't seen recently (e.g., a 5-stick solo) as early as the 1870s as depicted in the bottom middle image of this collage from that period.

From the digital collection of the New York Public Library.
Image Title: A.R. Carrington, champion drum soloist, 1870s.
Creator: Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.) -- Lithographer
Published Date: 187-
Medium: Lithographs
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 27.6 x 21.4 cm.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832408
Record ID: 1062097
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008

Until this blog's editor saw and studied of the above print, it had been commonly thought that backsticking originated in 1938 based on the work of Joe Marrella who wrote in "The Baron of Backsticking" (which originally appeared in the December 2007 edition of Drum Corps World (Volume 36, Number 15)) as follows:

Believe it or not, BackSticking was developed in 1938 by its creator as a method to improve a drummer’s left hand. The first BackSticking exercise was accenting triplets. The technique was first taught to the Air Force snare drum section in 1958 by my dear friend, my mentor, my instructor, and the person most responsible for my success in drum corps, as well as scores of others.

His name is John Dowlan. To me, he is the “Baron of BackSticking”.

However, notwithstanding Joe Marrella's worthy addition to drumming source material, it is now clear that some form of the technique was practiced by A.R. Carrington some 60 years ealier than 1938, in the 1870s, as evidenced by the drawing illustrating Carrington's right hand in the middle of a backsticking flip. That is beyond argument.

See also "Backsticking -- A Drumming Technique Institutionalized by John Dowlan",this blog, December 28, 2008.

Related Information:
Also, see advertisement, column 5 in the July 19, 1879 edition of the New York Clipper, p. 185 advertising the appearance of A.R. Carrington, Champion Drum Soloist, among 75 artists performing at the National Theater in Cinncinnati that season.

And, see the Utica New York Observer, July 3, 1878:

Prof. A.R. Carrington divided the honors with Mr. Russell. His first appearance was with a splendid snare drum, which he played with piano accompaniment. The manner in which he handles the drum-sticks is something marvelous, and the musical effects produced are wonderful. During his most rapid performance a drum stick would be seen whirling in the air, or would be thrown from behind up under one leg, and caught, the most exact time being kept the while. It was reserved for the Professor to close the entertainment with his "Points of War." [Ed. Note: "Points of War" is also known as "Three Camps" according to "Drummers from the Past", by Jack Lawton. But "Points of War" may have referred to one or more other pieces, possibly in the Camp Duty. See, e.g., The Demon Drummer of Tedworth; "Soldiers of the English Civil War (1)" by Keith Roberts, Angus McBride, Osprey Pub., at p. 49. Points of war are referred to as "signaled commands", different from the Camp Duty in "Drum Calls" by Jeff Nordin and Charles Knutson, part of Clann Tartan Manual, Edition VII, edited By Maeve Kane.] On this occasion he had the addition of a bass drum placed two chairs at his side. The scientific drumming in this piece is not to be described. To one who has not heard it, it would seem utterly impossible that so vivid a picture of army [movements?], concluding with a severe battle, could be given by the means employed. With the aid of the synopsis printed on the program, it was not difficult to follow the often different features to the end. The clock struct ten but the audience followed him attentively to the close. We would be pleased to receive another visit from the champion and charming drummer of [Shiloh?].

Note: The 5th edition of The Chicago Blue Book (1894) (self-described as "a book containing a list of fashionable addresses") lists a Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Carrington residing at 645 Adams St., Chicago.

The Phenomenal Digital Collection of Prints of the New York Public Library

The images below are on-line at the digital collection of prints of the New York Public Library.

Image Title: [Group of boys in military costume, holding rifles, flags and a drum.]
Creator: Leck, George H. -- Photographer
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F243
Digital ID: G90F243_019F
Record ID: 656020
Digital Item Published: 8-31-2005; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: Tattoo in camp.
Published Date: 1890
Depicted Date: 1863
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 15 x 29 cm. (5 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Notes: Printed on border: "115" Written on border: "Gettysburg"
Original Source: From An artist's story of the great war, 30 years after . . . : illustrated with nearly 300 relief etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings. (New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, c1890) Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / American history -- 1863
Source Description: 4 folders (152 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC AME-1863
Digital ID: 813432
Record ID: 702584
Digital Item Published: 10-28-2005; updated 1-16-2008


Image Title: Timbalier, tambour a cheval. XVIIe siècle. Règne de Louis XIV.
Alternate Title: Costumes de Paris a travers les siècles.
Creator(s): Garcia -- Artist
Chevrolat -- Engraver
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : col. ; 17.3 x 23 cm.
Notes: Written on border: "French army"
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832410
Record ID: 1062099
Digital Item Published: 2-29-2008; updated 3-15-2008


Image Title: Rappahannock Station, Va., Feb. 13, 1864.
Alternate Title: [Rappahannock Station, Virginia, February 13, 1864.]
Creator: Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 -- Artist
Published Date: 1890
Depicted Date: 1864
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 30.6 x 21.8 cm.
Notes: Printed on image: "From life"
Original Source: From An artist's story of the great war, 30 years after . . . : illustrated with nearly 300 relief etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings. (New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, c1890) Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832436
Record ID: 1062125
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: View of a boy with a drum and a dog. Dubuque, Iowa.
Alternate Title: Scenery on the Mississippi & tributaries in the vicinity of Dubuque, Iowa.
Creator: Root, Samuel, 1819-1889 -- Photographer
Created Date: ca. 1867
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Iowa. / Stereoscopic views of Dubuque, Iowa / by S. Root.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F193
Digital ID: G90F193_001F
Record ID: 654217
Digital Item Published: 6-15-2005; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: Drum Beaten at the Battle of Lexington by William Dimond, Now in Possesion of the Lexington Historical Society. The Long Roll on This Drum was the First Overt Act of the Revolution
Additional Name(s): Lexington Historical Society (Mass.) -- Copyright Holder
Medium: Offset photomechanical prints
Specific Material Type: Photomechanical prints
Source: Detroit Publishing Company postcards / Unnumbered cards
Source Description: 347 postcards
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY 95-29
Digital ID: 79331
Record ID: 204685
Digital Item Published: 4-9-2004; updated 7-28-2007


Image Title: [View of a large bass drum.]["LET US HAVE PEACE"]
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of the Boston coliseum and the peace jubilees, 1869, 1872.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F330
Digital ID: G90F330_014F
Record ID: 658677
Digital Item Published: 3-9-2006; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: L'ancien tambour supprimé dans l'armée par le général Farre et rétabli par le général Billot.
Creator(s): Hyon, Georges Louis, b. 1855 -- Artist, Coste -- Engraver
Published Date: 1882
Medium: Engravings
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 27.2 x 22.5 cm.
Notes: Written on border: "Le Monde illustre July 15, 1882"
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832404
Record ID: 1062093
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: Johnnie Clem, the drummer of Shiloh.
Published Date: 1891
Depicted Date: ca. 1862
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 12.7 x 7.5 cm.
Notes: Illegible artist signature on image.
Original Source: From Historical collections of Ohio . . . contrasting the Ohio of 1846 with 1886. (Columbus : Henry Howe & Son, 1891) Howe, Henry (1816-1893), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832409
Record ID: 1062098
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: Leut. "Jimmy" Europe and his famous band; Another drum, beaten by Willie Webb, of Louisville, Ky., was a trophy left by the Germans when they retreated hurriedly in the Champagne engagement.
Additional Name(s): Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939 -- Author
Medium: Halftone photomechanical prints
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item/Page/Plate: Plate # 34 + C
Source: Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human rights; being an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war and why and for what purpose America and the allies are fighting and the important part taken by the Negro, including the horrors and wonders of modern warfare, the new and strange devices, etc. ... by Kelly Miller ... illustrated with 128 genuine pictures from recent official photographs, also outline map drawings.
Source Description: xiii, 17-608 p. front., illus., maps, plates (1 double) ports. 21cm.
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division
Catalog Call Number: Sc 940.9-M (Miller, K. History of the world war for human rights)
Digital ID: 1206660
Record ID: 482393
Digital Item Published: 4-15-2004; updated 10-4-2007


Image Title: [....] Infanterie [Two soldiers in white uniforms with read trim. First soldier is playing a drum, the second is blowing a bugle.]
Creator: Cenni, G. -- Artist
Additional Name(s): Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus -- Collector
Medium: Pen works
Specific Material Type: drawings
Source: The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms / Mexico. / Mexico, 1826-1862 [part 1].
Source Description: 26 drawings : pen work: 20 x 12 cm. or smaller; 10 prints : lithographs ; 20 x 12 cm. or smaller
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / General Research Division
Catalog Call Number: 8-MMEH (Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms), vol. 472
Digital ID: 76664
Record ID: 120886
Digital Item Published: 2-20-2004; updated 1-16-2008


Image Title: The Infant Drummer, Wm. Henry Marsh. Aged 2½ Years.
Medium: Engravings
Specific Material Type: Prints
Source: Muller Collection / William Henry Marsh
Location: The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division
Catalog Call Number: Muller Collection (Marsh, William Henry #1)
Digital ID: 1270440
Record ID: 624934
Digital Item Published: 10-24-2005; updated 7-31-2007


Image Title: The drummer-boy.
Alternate Title: [Drummer for the French army, 19th century.]
Creator(s): Yves & Barret -- Engraver Neuville, Alphonse Marie de, 1835-1885 -- Artist
Created Date: 1877
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 18.3 x 12 cm.
Notes: Printed on border: "Fac-simile of a sketch from the original painting by A. De Neuville."
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832412
Record ID: 1062101
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: A morning lesson.
Alternate Title: Drummer boys with Sherman at Atlanta, 1864.
Creator: Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 -- Artist
Published Date: 1890
Depicted Date: 1864
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 8.5 x 10.3 cm.
Original Source: From An artist's story of the great war, 30 years after . . . : illustrated with nearly 300 relief etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings. (New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, c1890) Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832413
Record ID: 1062102
Digital Item Published: 2-29-2008; updated 3-15-2008

Image Title: The drummers of the Republic.
Creator: Jimenez, Luis -- unknown role
Additional Name(s): Boussod, Valadon & Co. -- unknown role
Published Date: 1896
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : col. ; 14 x 23 cm. (5 1/2 x 9 in.)
Notes: Printed on border: "Publication authorized by the artist." "Typogravure Boussod, Valadon & Co, Paris." "From the painting by Luis Jimenez." Stamp imprint on border: "Gift of A.A. Hopkins." Underneath signature on image: "[illegible] [1871?]."
Original Source: From Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. (New York : Century, 1896) Sloane, William Milligan (1850-1928), Author.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Army -- France -- 1700s
Source Description: 2 folders (53 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC ARMY-Fra-17
Digital ID: 830359
Record ID: 707273
Digital Item Published: 10-28-2005; updated 1-16-2008


Image Title: [Studio view of a group of women holding brooms(?) and 1 woman with a drum.]
Source: Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views. / United States. / States / Massachusetts. / Stereoscopic views of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Source Description: Approx. 72,000 stereoscopic views : 10 x 18 cm. or smaller.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Catalog Call Number: MFY Dennis Coll 90-F246
Digital ID: G90F246_044ZF
Record ID: 656094
Digital Item Published: 8-31-2005; updated 7-22-2008


Image Title: Clarence Mackenzie.
Depicted Date: ca. 1861
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 14.2 x 11.2 cm.
Notes: Written on verso: "Drummer boy of the 13th regiment of Brooklyn." Clarence Mackenzie was the first member of his regiment to be killed in 1861 at the age of twelve.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832418
Record ID: 1062107
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008

Image Title: A.R. Carrington, champion drum soloist, 1870s.
Creator: Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.) -- Lithographer
Published Date: 187-
Medium: Lithographs
Specific Material Type: prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 27.6 x 21.4 cm.
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Music -- drum
Source Description: 1 folder (38 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC MUSIC-Dru
Digital ID: 832408
Record ID: 1062097
Digital Item Published: 1-29-2008; updated 2-29-2008


Image Title: Drum used by Americans in the Battle of New Orleans
Creator: Fritch, Louis T., 1882-1956 -- Photographer
Specific Material Type: Photographs
Item Physical Description: 24.5 x 19 cm.
Notes: In collection of the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans
Source: "The Pageant of America" Collection / v.6 - The winning of freedom / (Unpublished photographs) / Andre, Arnold and Nathan Hale [also labeled "Arms, Artillery, Equipment"]
Source Description: Approx. 8,000 photographs
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Digital ID: 112396
Record ID: 134802
Digital Item Published: 2-20-2004; updated 7-21-2008


Image Title: The Kings Herb-woman, & her 6 Maids, with baskets of sweet herbs & flowers, strewing the way; the deans beadle of Westin; the high constable of Westminster; a fife; drums; the drum major.
Additional Name(s): Sandford, Francis, 1630-1694 -- Author
Medium: Engravings
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item Physical Description: 53 x 43 cm.
Item/Page/Plate: Plate 1
Source: The history of the coronation of ... James II ... King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, and of ... Queen Mary ... in ... Westminster ... the 23 of April ... 1685 ...
Source Description: 29 x 44 cm.
Location: Humanities and Social Sciences Library / General Research Division
Catalog Call Number: CI++ (Sandford, F. History of the coronation)
Digital ID: 1117390
Record ID: 355100
Digital Item Published: 3-3-2004; updated 10-4-2007


Image Title: Ninth Cavalry Drum Corps [1918]
Additional Name(s): Curtis, Mary -- Author
Medium: Halftone photomechanical prints
Specific Material Type: Photomechanical prints
Item/Page/Plate: 40
Source: The black soldier; or, the colored boys of the United States army.
Source Description: 60 p. illus., ports. 23 cm.
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division
Catalog Call Number: Sc 355-C (Curtis, M. Black soldier)
Digital ID: 1233762
Record ID: 583043
Digital Item Published: 10-21-2004; updated 10-4-2007

Image Title: Drum corps.
Creator: Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 -- Artist
Additional Name(s): Aikman, Walter Monteith, 1857-1939 -- Engraver
Published Date: 1889
Created Date: 1889
Specific Material Type: Prints
Item Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 14 x 21 cm. (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Notes: Printed on image: "Frederic Remington, City of Mexico '89." Written on border: "Nov, 1889."
Original Source: From Harper's magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-) .
Source: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / Army -- Mexico
Source Description: 1 folder (10 pictures)
Location: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection
Catalog Call Number: PC ARMY-Mex
Digital ID: 831156
Record ID: 697582
Digital Item Published: 10-28-2005; updated 9-2-2008

Historic Drum in Anoka County History Center

Drum donated by Richard Sorensen to Anoka County History Center (Minnesota)

Although the drum pictured is described as a "huge Revolutionary War drum", judging by the relative size of the drumsticks exhibited with the drum (which one could assume are somewhere in the vicinity of 17 inches in length), the drum is not of the size commonly associated with field drums of the late 18th century (e.g., 20 to 22 inches in diamter and height). Rather the drum appears to be more Civil War era (possibly, although the relatively modern snare strainer, which admittedly could have been added recently, bespeaks early 20th century).

The shell appears to have two (and possibly three) lines of tacks and is accompanied by a Civil War style neck sling. The rope is also machine made (20th century).

The tacks appear to be iron, rather than copper so the shell could be (probably is) older than the sling, rope and snare mechanism. It appears that over the years, this drum has received "upgrades" to keep it playable which suggests that it may have seen a fair amount of use by a number of different drummers.