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The documented story
A 1914 photograph identifies the Idabel Concert Band and lists members, while noting that not every member was present. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.
People and leadership
The reviewed evidence for Idabel Concert Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.
Community and organization
Idabel Concert Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Idabel. Municipal ownership, public funding, and organizational continuity are not inferred from a town name alone.
Reading the evidence
No material contradiction is resolved by assumption. For Idabel Concert Band, 1914 is treated as the documented evidence span, not automatically as a founding date, closing date, or proof of continuous operation.
Questions for further research
For Idabel Concert Band: active span, membership, directors, and later status remain to be researched.
People named in related records
Names are retained as recorded in their source contexts.
- Jesse George — Pictured band member (1914)
- Roscoe Kuykendall — Pictured band member (1914)
- Rice Gore — Pictured band member (1914)
- Seeger Penny — Pictured band member (1914)
- Chet Herring — Pictured band member (1914)
- Henry Hardy — Pictured band member (1914)
- Lewis Hardy — Pictured band member (1914)
- Hall Allen — Pictured band member (1914)
- Jack Crawlier — Pictured band member (1914)
- Carl Knapp — Pictured band member (1914)
- Luther Callahan — Pictured band member (1914)
- Byron Ragsdale — Pictured band member (1914)
- Zion Hendrix — Pictured band member (1914)
- Joe Goldberg — Pictured band member (1914)
- W. A. Loftin — Pictured band member (1914)
- J. L. Hamm — Pictured band member (1914)
- Fred Mitchell — Pictured band member (1914)
Dated evidence in this record
- 1914
The 1914 Idabel Concert Band photograph metadata names Jesse George, Roscoe Kuykendall, Rice Gore, Seeger Penny, Chet Herring, Henry Hardy, Lewis Hardy, Hall Allen, Jack Crawlier, Carl Knapp, Luther Callahan, Byron Ragsdale, Zion Hendrix, Joe Goldberg, W. A. Loftin, J. L. Hamm, and Fred Mitchell.