School and Youth Bands

Lawton High School All Girls Band

Also documented as: Lawton High School 'All Girls' Band

LawtonPhotographed in 1939School band

Documented history with gaps

Master record162

Image status

Photograph withheld

C: Rights confirmation required — not cleared for publication.

How image decisions work

Documented overview

The Museum of the Great Plains catalog identifies an all-girls band posed at Lawton High School in 1939, photographed by Call's Studio.

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

History

Identity and chronology

The Museum of the Great Plains catalog identifies an all-girls band posed at Lawton High School in 1939, photographed by Call's Studio.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Lawton High School All Girls Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Lawton High School All Girls Band is treated as a school, youth, cadet, scout, agency, or honor-band subject under the approved educational collection. Historical membership is described only to the level the sources establish.

Student-only.

Activity

The Museum of the Great Plains catalog identifies an all-girls band posed at Lawton High School in 1939, photographed by Call's Studio. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Historical educational-band record retained under the approved significance and durable-source test.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

Photographed in 1939
Documented evidence
The Museum of the Great Plains catalog identifies an all-girls band posed at Lawton High School in 1939, photographed by Call's Studio.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

Confirm the ensemble's formal name, director, membership, duration, distinction as an all-girls ensemble, exact credit, and written publication terms. Until that issue is resolved, the packet uses the narrowest chronology and identity stated in the evidence.

What remains unknown

Confirm the ensemble's formal name, director, membership, duration, distinction as an all-girls ensemble, exact credit, and written publication terms.

Evidence

Sources

2 of 2 listed live source links resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit.

Discovermgp sourceMuseum of the Great Plains, Historic Lawton High School Committee collection, 2018-P007:00134
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