Marching, Drum Corps, and Parade Bands

Tompkins Wild West Show Band

Oklahoma-based Tompkins Wild West ShowDocumented June 30, 1913 and before July 29, 1914Touring wild-west-show band

Documented history with gaps

Master record060

Image status

Photograph withheld

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How image decisions work

Documented overview

Two Oklahoma Historical Society catalog records document the Tompkins Wild West Show Band: one dated June 30, 1913 and another showing its six-horse band wagon before July 29, 1914.

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

History

Identity and chronology

Two Oklahoma Historical Society catalog records document the Tompkins Wild West Show Band: one dated June 30, 1913 and another showing its six-horse band wagon before July 29, 1914.

Leadership

The reviewed catalog records do not identify the bandmaster or musicians.

Sponsorship and participation

The ensemble belonged to the Oklahoma-based Tompkins Wild West Show and functioned within a commercial touring spectacle.

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

Activity

The dated images establish a band and dedicated band wagon in the 1913–1914 period.

Why this band matters

Stable named parade, pipe, or drum-corps organization with durable Oklahoma evidence.

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

Documented June 30, 1913 and before July 29, 1914
Documented evidence
Two Oklahoma Historical Society catalog records document the Tompkins Wild West Show Band: one dated June 30, 1913 and another showing its six-horse band wagon before July 29, 1914.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence supports the named show band but not a broader history of every musical unit that may have accompanied the show.

What remains unknown

Founding and ending dates, tour route, repertoire, bandmaster, and roster remain unknown.

Evidence

Sources

The two OHS catalog records already captured in the project archive packet were reconciled on 2026-09-03.

5143 sourceOklahoma Historical Society - Bands.pdf, PDF page 33; catalog 19439.3.50.m item 7; 19439.3.27.b item 30

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