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Here are some Navy Band tuba players stationed in San Diego in 1926.

Salvation Army Los Angeles Citadel Band, 1925

That L.A. Salvation Army band looks like a fun group. LOL Do they have something against smiling? The guy behind the bass drum looks positively menacing. And check the vacant expression on the contrabass tuba player's face-----he seems totally disinterested in what's going on. The young tuba player on the right seems to have some life in his face. That's encouraging.

I like looking at those old instruments.

Ace wrote:That L.A. Salvation Army band looks like a fun group. LOL Do they have something against smiling? The guy behind the bass drum looks positively menacing. And check the vacant expression on the contrabass tuba player's face-----he seems totally disinterested in what's going on. The young tuba player on the right seems to have some life in his face. That's encouraging

I like the trombone player furthest to the right who either is missing a button on his tunic or couldn't be bothered...

Sadly, that Sousa Band picture is missing. But I would assume that the big raincatcher played by the big man was Jack Richardson. He was an amazing player. I used to play gigs with Jake Freeman who often commented that Jack always had to have his music stand positioned a certain way, which was not in the line of sight between his eyes and Mr. Sousa--and Jack never looked at either the music or Sousa. Sometimes, a newby member of the band would reposition Jack's stand to be a little helpful, which caused Richardson to become extremely irritated. There would be some very strong words afterwards.