A young drummer poses for his photograph at the studio of Harlow in Montpelier, Vermont. The serious looking boy is likely proud to be wearing his band uniform. The reverse of the card has an inscription identifying the lad as Walter Huntley. SOLD
A LADY DRUMMER IN UNIFORM : HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA : RARE : CABINET CARD
This rare cabinet card portrait features a woman drummer wearing a military type uniform. Since women were prohibited to serve in the military during this era, she is likely a member of a community band or a stage actress posing in her costume. The female musician appears to be very serious as she beats on the drum. C. S. Roshon is the photographer who took this photograph. The Roshon Gallery was located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He also operated a studio in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and Morristown, New Jersey. Roshon was an excellent photographer and produced a number of unique images. SOLD
PORTRAIT OF A UNIFORMED : ELEVEN PIECE BAND : DRESSED IN BLACK : CABINET CARD
This cabinet card portrait features eleven members of a band. They are wearing dark uniforms and with the exception of the drummer, they are holding small instruments. This musical gourp could be a community band, a religious band, or possibly a school band. Given the available evidence; there is no way of knowing. SOLD
BOY DRUMMER FROM TRAVELING MINSTREL SHOW IN FERNDALE, CALIFORNIA
This cabinet card features a bow tied young boy posing with two drums in the studio of A. W. Gilfillian, in Ferndale, California. The reverse of the card has an inscription that identifies the subject as Arthur Robinson, who was “part of a traveling minstrel show” during the late 1800’s. The inscription also dates the photograph “before mom’s visit in 1895”.
DRUMMER BOY IN PENNSYLVANIA
This cabinet card captures a smartly dressed little boy playing the drum. The photographer was E. Martin of Sheffield, Pennsylvania.
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