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

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Title: Symphonic Band of the Royal Belgian Guards at City Hall, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: April 26, 1929
1929-04-26
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
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.
Text from negative sleeve: Belgian Royal Band.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3693_G376
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Bands--California--Los Angeles
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.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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