After receiving his commission in the US Navy, John Philip Sousa set to work with his 300 piece “Jackie” Band taking them around the country on tours to raise money for the war effort.
Here Sousa conducts the band at a Liberty Loan Campaign in in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918. Note the chairs being used as music stands in the trombone section and the buglers seated around the band no doubt waiting to play The Thunderer or Semper Fidelis!
Being a rabid baseball fan, Sousa must have enjoyed playing in front the A.G. Spalding and Bros. store!
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