Strike Up the Band


Houlton Community Band, 1924

Houlton Community Band, 1924
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Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

After World War I, entertainment shifted with the private automobile, radio, and phonograph records becoming more available.

Musicians found fewer jobs available. Even though many community bands continued, vaudeville, amusement parks and similar entertainments began to disappear.

The Houlton Community Band on Market Square on August 28, 1924.

Members of the band included Allie G. Merritt, Walter Melvin, Bert Wetmore, Sam Esters, Arthur McElevee, Emmons Robinson, Elrood Fartley, Harry Tilley, Clifford Wetmore, Cecil Stone, Earl Stone, Wilson and Don Movers.

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