Citizens Band in front of the New Age Publishing Company, between 1880-1920

Item Overview

Title

Citizens Band in front of the New Age Publishing Company, between 1880-1920

Alternative title

Parades in Early Black Los Angeles

Date Created

[1880-1920]

Date

1880/1920

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Thirteen African American men in a brass band dressed in black “band” uniforms. A sign on the large drum reads "Citizens Band LA Cal." They are standing in front of a store named New Age Publishing Co. and a YMCA (The Young Men's Christian Association) is on the left.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

photographs

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American musicians
Marching bands