Ensemble

Eufaula High School Band

Library of Congress photographer Russell Lee documented the Eufaula high school band parading on the town's main street in February 1940.

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The documented story

The image directly establishes a main-street parade appearance in February 1940.

People and leadership

The Library of Congress record does not identify the director or students.

Community and organization

The photograph documents a public-school marching band in Eufaula.

Reading the evidence

The packet does not claim a founding date or continuous relationship to the current program.

Questions for further research

A director, event name, and school-program chronology would enrich the entry but are not necessary for the precisely dated photographic record.

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1940

    Russell Lee photographed the Eufaula High School Band marching in a public parade on Eufaula's main street in February 1940.

Sources

  1. www.loc.gov/item/2017741728/