Oklahoma Musicians

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[Photograph 2012.201.B1249.0307]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Carl Smelser is the new President of Security State Bank in the tiny town of Roosevelt in Southwestern Oklahoma, but he has dusted off the "sweetest trombone that ever hit the Palace at 47th and Broadway" as he recalls his days with the Sooner Serenaders back in the 1920s, when he had quit his studies at OU to travel with the band to Fort Worth, Texas."

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Source context

Downloaded visible Gateway metadata export for this trombone research row. Source: Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 14, 1956 Collection code: OKPCP. Institution code: OKHS. Place/context: United States - Oklahoma - Kiowa County - Roosevelt Creation data: 1956-10-05 Creator: Gumm, John Physical description: 1 photograph Provided by: Oklahoma Historical Society or visible Gateway partner; see item page. Identifier: 2012.201.B1249.0307 Subjects: Business, Economics and Finance - Journalism; Smelser, Carl; Roosevelt; President Of Security State Bank; Daily Oklahoman photographs; SMELSER, CARL / ROOSEVELT / PRESIDENT OF SECURITY STATE BANK. Search window: exact trombone-plus-Oklahoma advanced search.

Oklahoma connection

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People, groups, or instruments recorded

trombone

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Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc530749/