Hatch's Band

Date1895-1907

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on card

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/4 x 3 7/16in. (8.3 x 8.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 x 5in. (12.7 x 12.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Ruth Stone Eckel

DescriptionGroup of men, standing and sitting, some wearing band uniforms and hats, posing outside on a grassy lawn. One man has a pipe, another appears to have a cigarette.

Object number2002.18.2

InscribedOn verso, in black ink, "Hatches Band at Niantic Conn." Accession number is inscribed in pencil.NotesSubject Notes: The ink "v" mark on the image points to John Parks Stone, the father of the donor. John Parks Stone was born in Erving, Massachusetts, on 9 December 1871 and died in June 1942. He was a musician, playing the euphonium in Hatch's 1st Connecticut Infantry Band at Hartford. Before joining the Navy, he also played in the Harford Philharmonic Orchestra, the Governor's Foot Guard Band, and Colt's Armory Band. When he joined the Navy, he was transferred to the band of the presidential yacht Mayflower, playing before Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge. He was one of the original members of the Navy Band, and retired from the Navy in 1928. He also played with the National Symphony Orchestra of 1930, and was a member of the Little Symphony Orchestra in Washington. He was appointed a corporal in the band of the First Regiment of Infantry in Connecticut on 31 July 1906, and was honorably discharged from the military service of the State on 21 July 1907.

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