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American Federation of Musicians Local 375 Brass Band

A circa-1918-1922 courthouse photograph identifies the musicians' union brass band and names several players.

The documented story

A circa-1918-1922 courthouse photograph identifies the musicians' union brass band and names several players. 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 American Federation of Musicians Local 375 Brass Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Community and organization

American Federation of Musicians Local 375 Brass Band is classified by its documented labor-union brass band identity. The affiliation is reported as an organizational context, not as proof of legal ownership, continuous funding, or a successor relationship.

Reading the evidence

No material contradiction is resolved by assumption. For American Federation of Musicians Local 375 Brass Band, c. 1918-1922 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 American Federation of Musicians Local 375 Brass Band: active span, membership, directors, and later status remain to be researched.

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1918 – 1922

    The OHS catalog identifies an American Federation of Music Brass Band in Oklahoma City circa 1918–1922 and names Dad Ziegler, Rip Zimmerman, James H. McIlvain, and Bom Butler.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1595804/
  2. oklahomabandhistory.org/bands/american-federation-of-musicians-local-375-brass-band/