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This is a photo of a 4th Cavalry musician, holding a helicon (a predecessor of the sousaphone), at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Date: Possibly between 1864 and 1884
Item Number: 100338
Call Number: FK2.G2 F.723 *5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 100338
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Bands
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians
Date - 1861-1869
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Riley
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Riley
Type of Material - Photographs
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