Union Band at Leo Frey Funeral

Union Band at Leo Frey Funeral

Illinois--Springfield

Funeral rites and ceremonies

Marching bands

The Union Band performing at the Leo Frey Funeral in Springfield. On verso: "This old picture by the late Guy Mathis is about the only one of its kind now extant showing the union band in such a turn-out. This great band, numbering about 150 players, is shown stretched along the road running along the east side of Oak Ridge and Cavalry Cemeteries, ready to march back to town after she services at the grave. The funeral was that of Leo Frey, a well-known bandsman and union man, who died May 28, 1901, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery two days later. The union band was always led by Prof. Louis Lehmann, the official bandmaster of the union. In front at left was the drum-major, the popular Bob Peel, who headed many a band in old-time parades here. In the foreground with the big sousaphone was the late Henry Leeder, and 'visible under the glass,' are Prof. Lehmann and practically all of the well-known bandsmen of that era--such as Bob Drach, Jim Hopkins, Lee Hopkins, Charlie Willey, John Marx, Vird Crawford, John Lanham, Charlie Aschauer, Lee Merkle, Bert Sutton, Sid Owens, John Neu, Ed Hofferkamp, Alec McCosker, John Bush, John Smurr, Frank Leeder, Eben Hopkins, Dennis Hartnett, John Wienold, Gus Kessberger, Caleb Willey, Jack Willey, Bill Leeder, Fred Casdorf, Henry Goldsmith."

Mathis, Guy

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1901-05-30

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401022

Robert Ide Collection

commercial print

b&w

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16 x 21 cm