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This set of photographs show Clarence M. Whitlow, an employee of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and band director, from 1924-1988, of the Topeka Santa Fe Band in Topeka, Kansas. In 1924 he reorganized the amateur group of railroad musicians know as the "Apprentice Band". As the group of musicians grew in membership, their name was later changed to the Topeka Santa Fe Band.
Date: Between 1924 and 1974
Item Number: 508148
Call Number: Acc# 1997-199.01, #1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508148
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Musicians
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Type of Material - Photographs
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