Photograph of the St. Augustine High School marching band, the "Marching 100": Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of the St. Augustine High School marching band, the "Marching 100": Date: 1952. Photograph by: Nolan A. Marshall Photography, American, founded 1948. Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white photograph of the St. Augustine High School marching band standing in formation next to a large brick building. Standing in rows, holding their instruments, each band member wears a uniform of dark trousers, light colored jackets with decorative braid, and peaked caps, also decorated with braid. In the front are two young men carrying flags, one of which is an American flag, the other possibly the Louisiana state flag. In front of them is the drum major, wearing an all-white uniform with a half-length cape and a tall plumed hat. On the verso are two handwritten notes "1A59J4B" and "Band-3." There is also a stamp with a handwritten number "The negative of this photograph is filed/ at the studio and one or more pictures may/ be had now or at any time in the future. Ask for/ reprints by number '652.'/ NOLAN A MARSHALL/ PHOTOGRAPHER/ 1830 Louisiana Ave. CH. 7651."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1952
- Photograph by: Nolan A. Marshall Photography, American, founded 1948
- Subject of: St. Augustine High School, founded 1951
- Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Catholicism
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Marching bands (Music)
- Object number: 2014.47.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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