August (Gus) Helmecke
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Gus Helmecke, former bass drummer of the John Philip Sousa Band.
- Notes
- John Philip Sousa was a very famous conductor of the U.S. Marine Band and composer of many marches. He formed what would eventually become an American institution, the Sousa Band. They debuted on September 26, 1892 at Stillman Music Hall in New Jersey - the first performance of thousands spanning almost four decades.
- Inscriptions
- Handwritten on reverse:"Return to Larry Richards 815 Queens Blvd, Kitchener".
- Date of Original
- 25 March 1950
- Dimensions
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Width: 20 cm
Height: 25 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 20cm
Image Height: 25cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Helmecke, Gus
- Local identifier
- Z-7-1
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4668 Longitude: -80.51639
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- Copyright Statement
- To obtain a copy of this item and for terms of use please contact the Waterloo Public Library.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
