[Chamber of Commerce Band at the Olney, Texas Bandstand]

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Photograph of a band at the Olney, Texas bandstand. Twenty-four musicians are seated in a semicircle and one conductor is standing in the center of a wooden bandstand. The drumhead reads "Chamber of Commerce Olney Tex." Names are handwritten above some of the individuals. "Year 1927" is handwritten and "Lasater-Studio" is printed on the front of the photograph. Various buildings and a portion of a car with passengers are visible in the background. On the reverse of the photograph is handwritten "W. B. McCary, 512 W. Main, Olney Texas" and "Olney Band Stand - Located corner of North Grand and … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, b&w ; 20 x 45 cm.

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Lasater Studio 1927.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Young County Area Newspaper Collection and was provided by the Olney Community Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 260 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Situated as both a public library and a school library, the Olney Community Library serves the city of Olney and its surrounding area by providing books, periodicals and movies to patrons of all ages.

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Photograph of a band at the Olney, Texas bandstand. Twenty-four musicians are seated in a semicircle and one conductor is standing in the center of a wooden bandstand. The drumhead reads "Chamber of Commerce Olney Tex." Names are handwritten above some of the individuals. "Year 1927" is handwritten and "Lasater-Studio" is printed on the front of the photograph. Various buildings and a portion of a car with passengers are visible in the background. On the reverse of the photograph is handwritten "W. B. McCary, 512 W. Main, Olney Texas" and "Olney Band Stand - Located corner of North Grand and Elm St."

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1 photograph : positive, b&w ; 20 x 45 cm.

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Young County Area Newspaper Collection

From an early day publication The Oracle, which died in 1910, emerged The Olney Enterprise. Ralph Shuffler, a Methodist minister, founded The Olney Enterprise in 1910.

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  • 1927

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  • Aug. 16, 2023, 3:39 p.m.

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Lasater Studio. [Chamber of Commerce Band at the Olney, Texas Bandstand], photograph, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1059609/: accessed March 10, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.

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