This is a photograph of several Kansas town bands. Among them are the Marion Cornet Band of Marion, Kansas, and the Osborne Cornet Band of Osborne, Kansas. The band members are seated on the steps of the Kansas State Capitol building. This photograph may have been taken during the Kansas State Band Contest held in Topeka, Kansas, in September, 1882.
Kansas Memory
Kansas Historical Society
Kansas town bands at the State Capitol, Topeka, Kansas