Military Band [1905-08]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.O.1986.33
Description
Photo of a military band. On the back is a stamp saying Brown F. Atkin, Photgrapher, Fort Williams, Me. It is stated in pencil that the date was 1915, that the third person from the right in the back row is Guy Oliver and that the photo was donated by Lloyd Oliver Jr. The former undoubtedly refers to Guy Raymond Oliver (1887-1923), who was born in Orono, but later lived in Stillwater. Lloyd E. Oliver Jr. (1931-1994) was his grandson. The date of 1915 almost certainly is incorrect, as Oliver was not mobilized for service until the US entered the war in 1917. However, he did enlist previously in 1905 and his military papers say that he was discharged from service at Fort Williams in 1908. Also, Brown F. Atkin, a sergeant in the Hospital Corps, appears to have died in Kansas (where he served at Fort Riley in 1912) in 1913.