Dale High School Chorus - 1940

 

22 April 1951 - Piano Recital - Joseph John's High School

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WEISER MUSIC - 1983

 

SWANK'S PIANO and ORGAN SALON - 1953

 

Royal Order of Jesters

Harry Hershey - Director - 521 South Street

 



HESS'S PENN-SYLVIANS

Who knows, someday I might run across one of their 78 transcriptions or even a single.

Weiser Music

Weiser Music - 415 Main Street - 2nd Floor - Dial 85-821

Germania Quartette Club

Reader Barbara Kenefake sent in this picture of the old Germania Club. Her grandfather, dad and uncle are in the photograph - taken sometime in the 1940's.

Pretty as a Picture

Franklin Street

The Opera House - 1894

The old Johnstown Opera House - 1894. The entrance to the opera house (later Glossers was built on the site) was on the Locust Street side, although there was also a smaller entrance on Franklin Street. Besides small stores along the Franklin Street side - at one time the Post Office was also located in the building for a time. 

Band Shell Roof

Fixing the roof of the old Roxbury Bandshell in 1975

Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps

Reader Bob Murphy sent in this picture of the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps from around 1938. They were sponsored by the American Legion in Johnstown, His father Bob Murphy was a member and told many great stories about his time with the band. Bob is trying to do some research on the band and drum corps of pre and post WWII Johnstown and he is looking for new source material for a project he is working on. This is where you the reader come in - if you know anyone that used to be part of these groups or if you any other information for Bob - please feel free to pass it along to me at cacicia@hotmail.com and I'll pass it along to Bob.

Weiser Orchestra Gives Outstanding Performance

Weiser Orchestra at Roxbury Bandshell  - July 21, 1943

Music Time

Cambria Theatre and Conservatory of Music

Recital by Miss Gladys - 1931

Miss Josephine Gladys - Morrellville. 

Cochran Band - 1920's

Cochran Junior High School Band - 1920's

Swing Time

Cochran - 1936

The Day the Music Moved

The old Fulton Piano Organ Company in Downtown Johnstown

Tune Time

One of the many local ethnic bands - from the 1920's. For some reason this looks like it was taken at the CFU on Broad Street before they remodeled it. They are still probably playing up on the third floor. 

A Look at East Conemaugh

About I all I know about this picture is that it was taken in East Conemaugh