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Title: First Ellis Club concert
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1888
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Photo of the first concert given by the Ellis Club, the first male chorus in Southern California, started by C. J. Ellis and three friends and organized on April 6, 1888. There were 16 men. The concert was given on July 19, 1888, at Turnverein Hall, with 40 singers. Conductor was Harold Burton. Charles James Ellis, founder, is in the last row, first person left of the center aisle.
Type: image
Format: 1 photoprint :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00047271
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
L.A.-Organizations-Ellis Club.; A-004-476 4x5
CARL0000051480
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/102276
Subject: Ellis Club (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Choirs (Music)--California--Los Angeles
Singers--California--Los Angeles
Source: Ellis, Charles James.

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