Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1929

Date Created

April 26, 1929

Date

1929-04-26

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards (now known as the Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides) on the steps of the City Hall on the day that they arrived in Los Angeles for a tour of Southern California. The group includes the band leader, Arthur Prévost (front row, 2nd from right); Andre Rouseyrol, a tenor from Belgium who resided in Los Angeles (2nd row, left); behind Rouseyrol, L. E. Behymer, who managed the band during their tour (on the 3rd step up, on the left, in a white dress shirt and tie), and Geroge D. Lyon, American Legion member (on the 3rd step 2nd from left, in a cap and white cress shirt and tie). Their arrival is reported in "WAR'S DEAD GET TRIBUTE OF BELGIANS: Leader of Royal Guards Band Places Wreath at Base of Monument," Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1929: A2.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Belgian Royal Band.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives
Group portraits

Names

Behymer, L. E.
Rouseyrol, Andre, 1889-1967
Lyon, Geroge D. (George Dewey), 1898-1990
Groot Harmonieorkest der Gidsen (Belgium)
Prévost, Arthur, 1888-1967
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.053666

Latitude

-118.2433539

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Bands--California--Los Angeles