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Salvation Army String Band, Silverton, Colo.

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Call Number	X-1757
Title	Salvation Army String Band, Silverton, Colo.
Summary	Studio portrait of the Salvation Army String Band in Silverton, Colorado. Eleven young ladies and one little girl with instruments are in front of a painted backdrop of an open, hexagonally parqueted door and window. They are in matching uniforms of dark dresses with wide, circular collars. Their hairstyles are also uniform, swept back and up, exposing foreheads and ears; some have curls and crimping. The five ladies standing in back hold guitars; five who are seated hold mandolins and one has a violin; the girl front and center has a drum and sticks; one mandolin player is a Black girl. All hold their instruments as if playing them.
Date	[between 1885 and 1895?]
Notes	Formerly F33075.; Hand-written on matboard: Top: Luella Shaw, Capt. Warren, Lieut. G. Foster, Ruby Whitlock, Clara Goodwin, (illegible...) Bernice Sanders.; Photoprint is mounted on matboard.; Title reproduced on photoprint from hand-lettering on photonegative.; R7100017579
Physical Description	1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 19 x 24 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Subject	Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900. African Americans--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900. Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900. Girls--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900. Stringed instruments--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Film negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR710001757
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	F33075 DPLW
Filename	10001757.TIF

Salvation Army String Band, Silverton, Colo.

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