[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.5209]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Everybody knows that an orchestra plays, a conductor conducts, and an audience listens. . . it's elementry. Who ever saw an orchestra and conductor in the act of listening? The answer is, whoever looks at the picture. It shows the Oklahoma City Symphony contract players, with conductor Guy Fraser Harrison on the podium. . .They are listening, and listening intently, some with ears cocked, some chin in hand, and all in a brown study. . .This strange departure from usual preceded the Orchestra's first Mutual Broadcasting company concert of … continued below

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