Salvation Army Band

Melody's Dad's cousin in Holland sent us some pictures the other day via Facebook.
This one is of Melody's Dad when he was a Salvation Army officer. He was the bandmaster. He is seated in the centre of the large drum.
This picture was taken in Leeuwarden in 1953

[Faye Turner]

How wonderful! So cool!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

What a fantastic piece of both family and Army history!

[Richard Hickey]

Cool picture.

[Maggiemae]

This would be a most historic photo with all the lads in it! Dad is very proud of his huge drum!

[Karly]

Wonderful old photo. Melody must be very proud of her father:)

[Diana]

What a fabulous shot of times gone by.

[Carole Sandford]

What a lovely piece of history!

[Kitty Hawke]

Excellent......love the random 'waver' in the back row......there's always one !!!!!

[Pigeons Farm]

Love this!

[Chris H]

How lovely a photo to treasure.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Very cool treasure. Love the third tuba player, almost can't see over the bell of the instrument!!

[Lou Ann]

This is such a treasure! How wonderful.

[Candace]

What a grand building for the band to be in front of!

[ideetje]

what a funny old picture of our Leger des Heils

[gloria jones]

Great old shot...I like the building's architecture in the background.

[KWind]

Fabulous vintage shot!

[Chris]

What a lovelt photo and momento

[wendy frost]

Fantastic photo and a piece of history.

[Taffy]

Interesting window into history.

[Harbie]

Wonderful history and old photo!!

[Jane Anderson]

Fascinating piece of history, and Melody's father is still living, isn't he?

[tony gig]

Wonderful capture.

[CC Folk]

I love these old photos...very cool! Fav.

[Ivan]

Wonderful...and love the building. fav

[bkb in the city]

@fayefaye Thanks Faye

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@olivetreeann Ann l thought so

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@agedrunner Thanks Richard

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@maggiemae Maggie he loved being the bandmaster

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@365karly1 Jean she certainly is

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@ludwigsdiana Diana l thought so

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@carole_sandford Carole it certainly is

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@cutekitty Kitty thanks for pointing that out. I had missed that

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@kgolab Glad you enjoyed this one

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@chrisiow Chris l certainly thought so

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@sailingmusic Myrna l didn't notice that

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@louannwarren Lou Ann l certainly thought so

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@ribbet9 Candace it certainly is. Apparently it was the local prison

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@ideetje Ina l trust you enjoyed this one

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@seattlite Glad you like it Gloria

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@kwind Kim it certainly is

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@gooner46 Chris l certainly thought so

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@wendyfrost Wendy l thought so

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@taffy Taffy l certainly thought so

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@harbie Yes Harbie l certainly thought so

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@janeandcharlie Yes Jane he is. 87 years old

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@tonygig Tony l certainly thought so

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@gardenfolk Thank you for the comment and the fav

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@ivan Thanks Ivan for the comment and the fav

[Pam]

cool pic

[bkb in the city]

@pamdavis2015 Thanks Pam