Community and Municipal Bands

Young's Band

TulsaJuly 3, 1909Named town or civic band

Documented history with gaps

Master record053

Image status

Photograph withheld

C: Rights confirmation required — not cleared for publication.

How image decisions work

Documented overview

A T. F. Williams photograph identifies Young's Band in Tulsa on July 3, 1909.

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

History

Identity and chronology

A T. F. Williams photograph identifies Young's Band in Tulsa on July 3, 1909.

Leadership

The reviewed evidence for Young's Band does not identify a director, bandmaster, organizer, or complete leadership succession.

Sponsorship and participation

Young's Band is treated as a community or municipal band because the evidence ties it to Tulsa. 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

A T. F. Williams photograph identifies Young's Band in Tulsa on July 3, 1909. 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 (Young's Band).

Evidence timeline

What the sources establish

July 3, 1909
Documented evidence
A T. F. Williams photograph identifies Young's Band in Tulsa on July 3, 1909.
Source 1

Current research decision

What the wording does—and does not—claim

The evidence for Young's Band does not establish uninterrupted continuity across every named period, reorganization, alias, or possible successor. The packet therefore treats July 3, 1909 as the supported evidence span rather than a complete institutional chronology.

What remains unknown

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

Evidence

Sources

1 of 1 listed live source link resolved during the September 3, 2026 audit.

Digitalcollections sourceTulsa Library - band.pdf, PDF page 60; catalog TCCL 22905 / accession A1463

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