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Hobart Band

Also documented as: Murphy's Hobart Band · Murphy's Band

HobartFormed 1903; photographed 1912Town band
Documented history with gaps
Master record087
Newspaper clipping from Oklahoma City Daily Pointer, September 26, 1910, page 2, documenting Oklahoma City Metropolitan Band; Nowata, Thomas, Hobart, Poteau, and Chilocco bands.

Operational evidence

Oklahoma City Metropolitan Band; Nowata, Thomas, Hobart, Poteau, and Chilocco bands

A fair report names the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Band and several Oklahoma town and school bands.

Oklahoma City Daily Pointer, September 26, 1910, p. 2. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

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Underlying newspaper issue published before 1923; public-domain publication. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Gateway credit retained under current Gateway citation guidance.

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Documented overview

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Hobart Band in Hobart and gives the evidence date as Formed 1903; photographed 1912. The source associates the founding with Mr. Thacker and later direction with J. D. Murphy.; A contemporary item supplies additional activity evidence.

Documented history with gaps. The record supports a public history, with important limitations stated on the page.

History

Identity and chronology

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Hobart Band in Hobart and gives the evidence date as Formed 1903; photographed 1912. The source associates the founding with Mr. Thacker and later direction with J. D. Murphy.; A contemporary item supplies additional activity evidence.

Leadership

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Hobart Band in Hobart and gives the evidence date as Formed 1903

Sponsorship and participation

Hobart Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Hobart. Municipal ownership, public funding, and organizational continuity are not inferred from a town name alone.

Adult or plausibly adult; exact participation model may remain unverified.

Activity

The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Hobart Band in Hobart and gives the evidence date as Formed 1903; photographed 1912. The source associates the founding with Mr. Thacker and later direction with J. D. Murphy.; A contemporary item supplies additional activity evidence. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Named Oklahoma community or municipal ensemble with durable evidence (Hobart Band).

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    The reviewed Oklahoma band history identifies Hobart Band in Hobart and gives the evidence date as Formed 1903; photographed 1912. The source associates the founding with Mr. Thacker and later direction with J. D. Murphy.; A contemporary item supplies additional activity evidence.

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Primary-source images

Newspaper evidence

These article images document the named band or event. They are evidence pages, not standalone photographs of the ensemble.

Newspaper clipping from The Daily Oklahoman, September 27, 1910, page 4, documenting Oklahoma City Metropolitan Band; Elk City, Nowata, Thomas, Hobart, Poteau, and Chilocco bands.

Operational evidence

Oklahoma City Metropolitan Band; Elk City, Nowata, Thomas, Hobart, Poteau, and Chilocco bands

A fair report names the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Band and bands from multiple towns and Chilocco.

The Daily Oklahoman, September 27, 1910, p. 4. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

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Underlying newspaper issue published before 1923; public-domain publication. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Gateway credit retained under current Gateway citation guidance.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance
Newspaper clipping from The Hobart Republican, October 12, 1911, page 5, documenting Hobart Band.

Operational evidence

Hobart Band

The Hobart Band is named in performance activity.

The Hobart Republican, October 12, 1911, p. 5. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, via The Gateway to Oklahoma History.

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Underlying newspaper issue published before 1923; public-domain publication. Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program, Oklahoma Historical Society, and Gateway credit retained under current Gateway citation guidance.

Open full-resolution article imageGateway citation guidance

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Hobart Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats Formed 1903; photographed 1912 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Hobart Band: confirm founding and closing dates, directors, membership, sponsorship, performances, and any successor organization from primary sources.

Evidence

Sources

The controlling project citation was reconciled against W. Scott Barger, We Want a Band!: A History of Community Bands in Oklahoma (book addendum, pp. 56–58; book illustration, p. 42), and the user-supplied newspaper corpus (NEWS-118).

  1. W. Scott Barger, We Want a Band!: A History of Community Bands in OklahomaBook addendum, pp. 56–58; book illustration, p. 42; user-supplied newspaper corpus: NEWS-118

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