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Pride of Ardmore Band

Also documented as: The Pride of Ardmore

Ardmore1928 archival captionNamed civic or commercial band
Documented history with gaps
Master record250

Image status

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Documented overview

An archival photograph carries the stable name “Pride of Ardmore” and a 1928 date. The live archival metadata further states: "Pride of Ardmore" band, 1928.

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

History

Identity and chronology

An archival photograph carries the stable name “Pride of Ardmore” and a 1928 date. The live archival metadata further states: "Pride of Ardmore" band, 1928.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Pride of Ardmore Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Pride of Ardmore Band is classified as a jazz, dance, territory, commercial, broadcast, or touring ensemble. A branded performing identity is not treated as a municipal or nonprofit charter unless a source says so.

Adult or mixed-age ensemble; exact model unresolved.

Activity

An archival photograph carries the stable name “Pride of Ardmore” and a 1928 date. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.

Why this band matters

Named archival witness to a branded interwar Ardmore band.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

  1. Documented evidence

    An archival photograph carries the stable name “Pride of Ardmore” and a 1928 date. The live archival metadata further states: "Pride of Ardmore" band, 1928.

    Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Pride of Ardmore Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats 1928 archival caption as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

For Pride of Ardmore Band: establish exact founding, reorganization, hiatus and ending dates; director succession; membership model; major activities; aliases or successors; and image provenance where not already documented.

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit. Gateway metadata checked: Primary: “"Pride of Ardmore" band, 1928.” — "Pride of Ardmore" band, 1928.

  1. The Gateway to Oklahoma History itemhttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1629520/

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