Studebaker Band
date: label: date made
content: 1925
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This black and white photograph is of the Studebaker Factory Band at Erskine Park, South Bend, Indiana, on June 27, 1925. In a brown frame. Typed on the margins of the image:</p>
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content: <p>PRESENTED BY * MR. A. R. ERSKINE<br>TO * ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,<br>MR. BERT CLAEYS.<br>STUDEBAKER BAND, M. P. KELLY, DIRECTOR - ERSKINE PARK, JUNE 27, 1925.<br>(MAYOR SEEBIRT AND MR. ERSKINE AT LEFT)</p>
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content: <p>The Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company was founded in 1852 in South Bend, Indiana, originally making wagons, carriages, and harnesses. The company began making automobiles in 1902 and ceased automobile production in 1963. This photograph is emblematic of organizations and groups created by American manufacturers to provide recreational opportunities to improve employee commitment and morale. Music groups would perform for their company’s employees, at local parades, competitions, and other company supported events</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, South Bend
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert M. Hazen and Margaret H. Hazen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0255.10
label: accession number
content: 2015.0255
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0255.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 12 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 32.385 cm x 1.5875 cm