Many early American bands were brass-only ensembles, others included various woodwind instruments in precursors of the traditional marching or concert band instrumentation. Examples of the latter are also included here - Further details available on these pictures via this link - links to further information If you have any pictures you would like to submit, or have any comments or information about any of the pictures or bands here, please email gavin@ibew.co.uk

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Wisconsin

2nd Wisconsin Crusaders, Marshfield, 1894 3rd Infantry Band, Viroqua, 1910 4th Wisconsin Infantry Band Ableman Band Ableman Band, 1912 Albany Cornet Band Almena Cornet Band American Legion Band, Beaver Dam American Legion Band, Post 189, Watertown American Legion Band, Post 189, Watertown American Legion Band, Cadott American Legion Band, Green Bay, 1919 Amsden's Military Band, Marinette, 1907 Antigo City Band, 1908 Applie River Cornet Band Ashland City Band Ariel Band, Berlin, 1908 Arion Band, Kiel Athens Concert Band Band, 1908 Band, Appleton Band, Appleton Band, Augusta Band, Cross Plains Band, Durand, 1910 Band, Green Bay Band, Greenbay Band, Highland Band in Wagon, Clintonville Band, Kiel, 1910 Band, Madison, 1913 Band, Melrose Band, Menomonie Band, Menomonie Band, Monroe Band, Monroe Band, Mukwonago Band, Oregon Band, Oregon Band, Oregon Band, Plainfield Band, Rio, 1911 Band, Rio, 1907 Band, Sauk City Band, West Salem Band La Crosse Banner Band, Milwaukee Baraboo Marine Band, 1906 Batavia Band BCB Band Beaver Creek Band Bezucha Brothers Family Band, Hillsboro Bezucha Bros Band, Hillsboro Bezucha Bros. Family Band, Hillsboro Black River Falls Band Blue River Band Blue River Band, 1912 Boscobel Band, 1893 Boscobel Band, 1915 Boscobel Band, 1923 Boscobel Juvenile Band, 1910 Boscobel Juvenile Band Boys Band, Lancaster Browntown Cornet Band, 1913 Burnett Concert Band, 1910 Cambria Band Cambria Cornet Band Cambria Cornet Band, 1908 Carthage College Concert Band Cazenovia Band Chilton City Band City Band, Ashland City Band, Cambria Clayton Concert Band, 1911 Clyman Band, 1908 Clown Band, Platteville Coloma Brass Band Columbia Band, Wausau Country Band, Haugen Cream City Band, Milwaukee Dana Band, La Crosse, 1907 Delevan City Band Dolton School Boys Band Doylestown Band, 1914 Drapers Childrens Home Band, Les Moines, 1923 EHB Band, Appleton, 1910 Fairwater Village Band Fall Creek Brass Band, 1913 Fall Creek Brass Band, 1913 Family Band, Eauclaire Family Band, Hurley Gale College Band, Galesville, 1909 Galesville Band Gillett Band, 1915 Greenwood Band Gresham Military Band, 1908 Helenville Military Band, 1910 High School Cadet Band, New Richmond Hixton Concert Band, 1912 Horicon City Band, 1911 Horicon City Band, 1912 Hub City Cornet Band Humbird Cornet Band Ideal Band, Princeton, 1910 Iron Ridge Band, 1914 Kempsmith Manufacturing Company Band Kewaunee Band Ladies Band, Randolph, 1909 Ladies Band, Randolph, 1909 Lake Geneva Band, 1900 Lake Mills Band Lake Mills Band, 1906 Lancaster Cornet Band, 1909 Lancaster Cornet Band

Lannon Band, 1911 Lavalle Cornet Band Leroy Organised Band, 1907 Ludington Guard Band, Menomonie Luther Valley Band, Orfordville Mabel Concert Band, 1909 Manitown Brass Band Mason Cornet Band Menasha Band Merrill Concert Band Milford Band, 1890 Military Band Millville Cornet Band Milwaukee Exposition Band, 1889 Mineral Point Band, 1910 Mitchell's Concert Band, Wonewoc Monarch Band, Readville, 1907 Montfort Girls Band, 1912 Mount Horeb High School Band, 1907 Mount Hope Brass Band Mount Hope Brass Band Mount Morris Cornet Band, 1910 Mount Tabor Cornet Band MWA Band, Port Wing M.W.A. Band, Holcombe M.W.A. Band, Stiles Necedah Band New Glarus Juvenile Band, 1906 New Holstein Cornet Band New Richmond High School Cadet Band, 1910 Niagara Band North Milwaukee Band North Side Band, New Richmond, 1918 North Side Band, New Richmond, 1918 Oak Creek Juvenile Band, 1916 Ohio State Band, Madison, 1913 Ono Band PHS Scouts Band Plymouth Citizens Band Port Washington Band Potosi Military Band Potosi Military Band Prairie du Chien Band Prairie du Sac Girl Band, 1931 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prairie du Sac Ladies Brass and Reed Band, 1913 Prison City Band, Waupun, 1912 Reeseville Band, 1909 Rhinelander City Band, 1918 Ridgeland and Prairie Farm Brass Band Ringle Band Ripon College Marching Band Ripon College Band, 1910 River Falls Band Rockton Cornet Band Rosedale Band Rosholt Cornet Band Rosholt Cornet Band, 1907 St Coletta Instituate Band, Jefferson, 1930s St John's Military Academy Cadet Band, Delafield St Lawrence College Band, Mt Calvary St Lawrence College Band, Mt Calvary, 1914 St Paul's Juvenile Band, Wausau School of Engineering Band, Milwaukee Sextonville Band Sextonville Band Shawano Band, 1911 Spencer Brass Band State Normal School Band, Platteville South Side Band, Two Rivers, 1909 State Normal School Cornet Band, Whitewater Sugar Creek Cornet Band, 1908 Swiss Military Band, Milwaukee, 1909 Theresa Band Third Regiment Band, Viroqua Third Regiment Band, Viroqua Tigerton City Band Tomah Marching Band, 1923 Trade Lake Band Uncle Sam Band, Jackson, 1909 Union Band, Stevens Point, 1929 Union Band, Stevens Point University of Wisconsin Band, 1885 University of Wisconsin Regimental Band, 1899 University of Wisconsin Regimental Band, 1912 Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville, 1906 Utopian Ladies Band, Belleville, 1907 Viroqua Band Viroqua 3rd Regiment Band, 1909 Waupun State Prison Band, 1910 Water Band, 1907 Waterloo Juvenile Band Waterloo Juvenile Band, 1908 Western Photo Postcard Band, Lacrosse Wheelock Indian Band White City Band, Port Edwards Wild Rose Brass Band, 1920 Winchester Brass Band Winneconne Band Wisconsin Crusade Band, 1896 Wisconsin State Band, Eau Claire, 1908 Wisconsin State Prison Band, Waupun, 1910 Wisconsin University Band, Madison Wittenburg Military Band, 1910 Woodford Cornet Band, 1912 Unknown Band Young Men's Brass Band, Cadott Unknown Band, 1907 Unknown Band Unknown Band, on sledge, Wisconsin? Unknown Band

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Wyoming

Eagles Band, Douglas, 1910 Cody Cowboy Band Cody Cowboy Band Gebo Town Band Glenrock Band

Sheridan Concert Band Sheridan Cornet Band, 1888 Sheridan Silver Cornet Band WOW Pilot Camp Band, Laramie

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Unspecified state location

1st AIF Band, 47th Battalion, in Amiens 1st US Engineers Band 3rd Regiment Band, Rochester, 1908 3rd Regiment Band, Santa Barbara, 1909 5th Regiment US Marines Band 5th Regiment US Marines Band 8th Infantry Band 8th Infantry Band 9th Infantry Band 10th Army Field Band 10th Cavalry Band 10th U.S. Infantry Band, 1910 10th Veteran Reserve Corps Band 10th Veteran Reserve Corps Band, 1865 20th Infantry Band, World War 1 24th Army Corps Band, 1865 24th Infantry Band, Pine Camp 32nd Battalian Band, Walkterton 55th Artillery Regiment Band 65th Regiment Band 74th Regiment Band 107th Colored Infantry Band 120th Infantry Band, A.E.F., 1918 121st Field Artillery Band, 1918 131 Infantry Band 142nd Field Artillery Band American Expeditionary Force Band 147th F.A. Band, on Battleship Kansas, 1918 301st A.M.M. Train Band 356th Infantry Division Band, in France, WW1 Abington Brass Band Adel Juvenile Military Band, 1892 Al Sweet's Concert Band, 1909 Al Massey's Concert Band, 1914 Aledo Ladies Cornet Band AM EXP Shows Band American Expeditionary Forces 301st Engineers Band, 1919 American Legion Band, 1923 Antigoogooism Band Applegate and Hugo Shows Band Army Band Army Band, 1918 Army Band, with children as music stands, WW1 Army of the Potomac Band, 1860s Athens Cornet Band Bainbridge Band Bainbridge Brass Band, 1905 Ballou's Cornet Band Band and H.M.S. Pinafore play Band of the 107th Colored Infantry, 1865 Band of the 9th Veteran Reserve Corps Band on bandwagon Band, Montana Hotel Band, outside the House of Mystery Band - Reis Sunshine Homes Band, Fairyland Band, U.S.S. Rochester Band, U.S.S. South Dakota, 1911 Bardo Brass Band Barnum & Bailey Concert Band, 1910 Barnum and Bailey Concert Band, 1910? Barnum Bailey Circus Band Barnum and Bailey Circus Band Barnum and Bailey Circus Band Barnet Brothers Circus Band, 1910 Barrie Temperance Band, 1878 Battle Creek Silver Cornet Band, 1868 Battleship Alabama Band, 1908 Bay Brass Band Belview Silver Cornet Band, 1890 Belview Silver Cornet Band, 1910 Benton Cornet Band Bessie Cornet Band Bethany Home Band Big Springs Cornet Band Blackwell Band, 1918 Blake's Cornet Band, 1908 Blockton Concert Band Bloomer Band, 1909 Bloomfield Cornet Band, 1860s Bloomingdale Cornet Band Boston Ladies' Military Band Boston and Montana Band, Columbia Gardens Bothell Concert Band, 1910 Bow Island Citizens Band, 1913 Boy Scouts Band Boys' Concert Band Boys Industrial School Band Bramusa Family Band Bridgeport Military Band, 1909 Brill's Concert Band, Barnum and Bailey's, 1916 Brill's Concert Band, Barnum and Bailey's Two-Hemispheres Bandwagon, 1916 Bristol Butler Band, 1896 Brown & Cronin Greater Shows Band Brown's Concert Band Buckeye Band, Lake Ohio Buckingham Band Buds Baby Band Bugler Band 1-I.N.G., 1912 Burnett Concert Band Burrows and Leons Circus Band Cache Brass Band Cadillac Band Callao Cornet Band Carharroak Brass Band, 1919 Carrier Mills Cornet Band Cawker City Band CBI Ambassador Quintette CCCC College Seminary Band, 1926 CCGB Band Celebrated Female Band of Darktown Center Cornet Band Centralia Band C.G. Conn Trumpet Notes Band Charlotteville Band, 1908 Chase-Lister Co. Show Band Chelsea Band, 1909 Chemawa Indian School Band, 1910 Chenette's Concert Band, 1916 Chester Cornet Band Chevrolet Factory Band, 1920 Children's Band Christian Bible School Martial Band Church Army Band, 1915 Church Army Band, 1915 Circus Band, 1912 Circus Band Circus Band Circus Band Circus Band on truck - Belle Barchus Players Circus Bandwagon Citizen's Band, Pulaski Civil War band members Clarksburg Band Claude Myers Band, 1913 Clay City Cornet Band Clearwater Cornet Band Cleburne Band, Santa Fe, 1913 Clown Band Clown Band C.M.T.C. Band, 1925 Cole Brothers Circus Band, 1969 Columbia City School Band, 1924 Combat Engineers Band, WW1 Cooper Brothers Circus Band Coosaw Island Band, Sparks Circus, 1927 Cordova Cornet Band Cordova Cornet Band, 1903 Corfu Cornet Band Corfu Cornet Band Crescent Band, Springfield Crippled Children's Brass Band Dartmouth College Band Davis City Band Denman Family Band, Wyandotte Denton Cornet Band Dubuque Girls Band, 1923 Dulwich College Band, 1887 Dunstable Cornet Band, 1878 Durbano's Band Durham Hosiery Mill Band E. B. Brass Band Eagle Lodge Concert Band East Greenville Band, 1908 East Woodstock Cornet Band, 1927 Eastern Training College Salvation Army Men Cadets Band E.C. Band E.C. Beaning's Concert Band Eclipse Concert Band Edward Shippen Military Band Elmira Cornet Band, 1860s Elwyn Band Elyria Silver Cornet Band Emory College Band Eureka Ishpeming City Band, 1867 Eustis Cornet Band Evening News Band Evergreen Band, 1903 Ewings Zouave Band F.C. Opera Band Fairview Concert Band Falls Creek Cornet Band Falls Creek Tannery Band Fanfare St Louis Auburnne, St Louis Farmers' Band Fire Department Band Flemmings Famous Kid Concert Band Fred Jewell's Concert Band, 1906 Female Marching Band Field Artillery Band Horn Players, 1906 Field Band of the 16th NGNY, 1898 Fire Department Band Fire Department Band Firemen's Band First Brigade Band, Greeley Forbes Family Band Ford Motor Band, 1920s Fort McKinley YMCA Band Fort Monroe Post Band Fratia Romana Band, E Youngstown Frelich's Band G Ingraham Band G.A.R. Band, 1899 Garber Concert Band Geneva Military Band Gentry Brothers Band, 1907 Georgetown Band GF Fetterhoff's Cornet Band, Jacksonville Gilmore Band, 1870s Gloucester Cornet Band, 1880 Gloversville Military Band Gollmar Brothers Circus Band, 1911 Goodland Band Granville Centre Cornet Band Granville Centre Cornet Band, 1912 Grass Valley Concert Band Greenbush Cornet Band Greens Landing Cadets Band Grove Lake Concert Band, 1911 Haering Stock Company Band, 1907 Hagenbeck -Wallace Circus Band, 1912 Haileybury Band Hallstead Band Hanford Cornet Band, 1888 Hanley Falls Band Hanover Church Brass Band Hardie and Von Leers Celebrated Indian Band Harveyville Cornet Band Hasmillers Dutch Band Hayes Cornet Band Haynes Military Band Hays Little German Band Hebron Military Band Hebron Military Band Hebron Military Band Helen May Butler & Her Ladies Band, 1902 Helen May Butler and her Ladies Brass Band Helen May Butler and her Ladies Military Band Helen May Butler's Ladies Brass Band Helen May Butler's Band Helen May Butler's Ladies Military Brass Band Henry Brothers Circus Band Hermines Midget Band Hewitt Family Band Hibbing Concert Band Hills American Indian Band Hills American Indian Band Holland Cornet Band Holly Cornet Band Honor Band Hopkinton Military Band Horicon City Band Horlick's Employees Brass Band Horseshoe Cornet Band, 1910 Hudson Band I.O.O.F. Home Band, Lewis Kirby I.O.O.F. Orphans Home Band, 1915 Iloogans Reed and Brass Band Independence Band, Onset Indian Band, Niagara Camp, Brantford Indian School Band Indianola Cornet Band Ipswich Cornet Band Isabel Band Jackson Brass Band, 1860 JB Ford Band, Wyandotte Jeffersonville Band, 1907 Jenningtown Citizens Band, 1909 Jewell's Concert Band, Barnum and Bailey Show 1908 Johnson Band Johnson Band, 1880s Johnson's Band JT Wortham Circus Sideshow Band, 1923 K of P Band, Trenton, Chautaugua, 1908

K.O.T.M. Anderson Tent 116 Band Kalida Cornet Band Kamburg Cornet Band Kate Baker's Ladies' Silver Cornet Band, c.1890 Kewanee Military Band Keystone Juvenile Band Kingston City Band Kinsell Cornet Band, 1889 Kiron Brass Band Kossuth Camp MWA Band Ladies Band Ladies Band Ladies' Band, 1915 Ladies Band, 1916 Lapaz Band Larwill Band Latvian Firefighters Union Band Lavina Boosters Brass Band Le Fanfare du College du Sacre Coeur, Bathurst Lewis Concert Band Lewisburg Citizen's Band Liberati's Grand Military Band, 1888 Licking Band Lieurance Brass Choir, Chautauqua Ligonier Military Band Lincoln Cornet Band London Band, 1911 Lone Star Band, 1916 Lumley Castle Band Lynchburg Cornet Band Lyon and Healey Band, 1879 (print) Lyons Concert Band, 1908 Lyons Concert Band, 1908 Madison Concert Band, 1911 Magnolia Cornet Band Maple City Band Marmarth Band, 1914 Massed bands on stage Mayfield Band McK. H. S. Concert Military Band, 1907 McClure Concert Band McPhee's Brass Band McVeytown Cornet Band Mead Musical Union Band Mechanics Band Mechanics Brass Band Memphremagog Band Merle Evans Band, Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailer's Circus Metamora Military Band Metropolitan Life Military Band, 1910 MFB? Band Mil? Military Band Military Band, 1880s Millersville Band Mills Concert Band, Walter L. Main Circus Milton Cornet Band Mission House Band, 1912 Mixerville Cornet Band Mohawk Band, 1912 Monroe Band Montpelier Military Band Mooseheart Boys Band Mooseheart Boys Band, 1914 Moreland Band? Morton SA Band Mount Morris Brass Band, 1894 Mount Morris Concert Band, 1917 Mountain Brass Band Musical Dwarfs Musical Dwarfs Musique de la 1ere brigade d'artillerie de Campagne de Pera National Home Band US Native American Band Navassar Ladies Band, c1910 Navy Band, St Thomas, Virgin Islands Navy Band, St Thomas, Virgin Islands Neare Cornet Band Ned Brill's Band, Barnum & Bailey's Circus, 1911 New England Provincial S. A. Band New England Provincial SA Staff Band, 1908 Newbury Cornet Band Norfolk and Western Concert Band North Attleboro Cornet Band, 1873 North Geneva Band Notre Dame College Band Nottingham Citizens Band Onaga Concert Band Otho Concert Band Ogden Brass Band Orexel Band Otto's Orchestra and Military Band Pace's Silver Cornet Band Parker & Watts Circus Band Parker & Watts Circus Band, 1939 Parker Watts Circus Band, 1938 Parker Watts Circus Band, 1938 Parkersburg Concert Band, 1907 Passafiume Band Patterson's Trained Animal Circus Band PCB Band Pea Ridge College Band Peerless Band Peters' Band, Springfield P.G. Lowery's Band, RIngling Bros. P.G. Lowery's Band, RIngling Bros. Phillipsburg? Girls Band Pierpoint Band Pioneer Cornet Band Plainfield Military Band Plainville Brass Band, 1890 Police Marching Band Polish Band Polock Brothers Sideshow Band Pommier Brothers Concert Band Portland Band, 1909 Prof. LaVinski's Cornet Band Protection Cornet Band, 1910 Pykes Concert Band, Johnston City Ralph Dunbar's Clown Band Railway and Cornet Band Historical Photos Rainbow Family Orchestra, Riga Raine Andrew Lumber Co. Concert Band Red Cliff Brass Band, 1887 Reeves American Band, 1901 Reliance Brass Band, 1910 Renfrew Band Rice and Dorman Circus Band, 1919 Richardson's Cornet Band Richland Center High School Band, 1910 Ridgeway Cornet Band Rifton Band, 18?? Ringling Bros. Band Ringling Brothers Circus Band Ringling Brothers Annex Band, 1911 Ringling Brothers Circus Band, 1898 Ringling Brothers Concert Band, 1913 Ringling Circus Band Wagon Ringtown Citizens' Band Rippel's Circus Band, 1910 Rivers Citizens Band Rivers Citizen's Band Rosedale Citizens Band Rouse's Point Band Royal Italian Band Rube Band, 1911 Rumford Band Rushville Brass Band, 1908 Russell Ladies Band Ryan's Concert Band S.O. Coventry Brass Band Sailors' Band, on ship Salt Springville Brass Band Salvation Army "War Chariot" Band, 1893 Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Band Salvation Army Children's Band Salvation Army Band - A Nice Cup of Tea "cart" San Leandro Band, 1886 School Band Schroon Lake Band Schuermann Band, Jefferson Sells-Floto Shows Concert Band, 1908 Shelton Band, 1892 Sidney Band Siloam Band, 1911 Silver Cornet Band, 1870 Silver Family Concert Band Simmonds Military Band Skaneateles Band, 1911 Smethport School Band Soko Sokol Falcon Band, 1933 Sousa Band members, Tour of England - en route between the Crystal Palace and Alexandra Palace Sousa's Band, 1905 Sousa's Band, 1907 Sousa's Band, 1919 Sousa's Band, world tour 1910 Sousa's Band Sousa's Band, 1900 Sousa's Band, Paris Sousa's Band, on board the ship "Aller" South New Berlin Citizen's Band South West Drum and Bugle Corps Band, 1910 Spaulding & Robertson's Concert Company Young Ladies Band Spring Creek Band SS Pastores Band St Charles Juvenile Band St Cloud Band St Peter's Band, Springfield Staples Military Band Star and Crescent Band Stebrand Brothers Picadilly Band Steinauer Neb Edmund Band, 1915 Stewart and Mathews Band, Watson Stockbridge MWA Band, 1909 Stockington Brass Band Stockington Brass Band Stoic Brass Band Stones Prairie Band Story City Band Strohl Family Band, 1870 (see further info on Strohls) Students Band Suman Cornet Band Swanson Family Band Sweets Concert Band, Ringling Brothers, 1911 Sykesville Band, 1922 Syracuse Cornet Band, 1895 Tanner's Concert Band Tarkio Band Tavistock Carnival Band Teeswater Cornet Band Terry's U.T.C. Band, 1914 Thayers Natural Pharmaceuticals Co. Band Theresa Brewery Band Third Air Force Band Tilden Cornet Band Tinney's Band, Howes Great London Circus, 1911 Tinney's Band, Howe's Circus, 1913 Tinney's Band, Howe's Circus, 1913 Tinney's Band, 1911 Tippecanoe Band, Nices Ford Tom Brown's Musical Highlanders Tuskegee Institute Band Tuskegee Institute Band Twin City Band Uncle Sam Brass Band Union Cornet Band US Field Artillery Band US Marine Band, 1882 (Musical Director, JP Sousa) US Naval Academy Hospital Band, 1860s USS Alabama Band, 1908 USS Idaho Military Band, 1908 USS Louisiana Band USS Maryland Band, 1914 USS New York Band USS New York Band, 1918? - all wearing flu masks USS Von Steuben Band USS Wyoming Band Valton Cornet Band Virginia City Band, 1875 Volunteers of America - North Western Territorial Concert Band VOA Northwestern Territorial Concert Band W.I. Swain Band, 1912 W.J. Band, 1903 Wabash College Band, 1900 Waldron Citizens Band Walk-Over Shoe Band, Brockton Walter L. Main Side Show Band Walton Brass Band Walton Silver Cornet Band Waterbury Band Webb City Cornet Band Wells Band, St Louis World Fair, 1904 Wellsborough Military Band Wellsborough's Military Band West Carthage Fire Department Band West Fairlee Band West Frankfort Cornet Band, 1900s West Medway Brass Band West Sullivan Band, 1890 Western Amateur Band Whittier Cornet Band Widow McCarty Band Wilksville Cornet Band, 1908 Wixom Brothers Circus Band Woodmen Band, Corn Carnival, 1915 Worcester Cornet Band Wortham Concert Band, 1907 Worthington Cornet Band Youngstown Military Band Young American Brass Band Young Ladies Band - Spaulding & Robertson's Concert Company