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Tony Salerno's Band
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Anthony "Tony" Salerno's Gypsy Melodians at WIBA radio station standing around a piano. Tony is holding his violin, the other Melodians are standing around the piano, and Otto Heinz is sitting in front. Ben Ehr, sax and clarinet; Earl Barnes, trombone; Erwin Krueger, drums; and William Kraft, cornet.
August 23, 1932
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Tony Salerno's Gypsy Melodians
August 23, 1932
Anthony "Tony" Salerno's Gypsy Melodians posing at WIBA studios. Tony is leaning against the piano with his violin. Other Melodians are Otto Heinz, piano; Ben Ehr, sax and clarinet; Earl Barnes, tr...
Tony Salerno and his Gypsy Melodians
February 27, 1934
Tony Salerno and his Gypsy Melodians, six musicians. Tony Salerno, leader, is standing with instruments at the WIBA studio.
WIBA Orchestra
May 14, 1931
WIBA radio orchestra, Al Thompson's Esther Beach band, in tuxedos, standing around a piano with Bob Hartman sitting at the piano. Standing left to right: Norman Phelps, Earl Smith, Norman Kingsley,...
WIBA Radio Broadcast
April 27, 1946
WIBA radio broadcast showing five young people; one playing the piano, one playing a violin, and three reading scripts.
Sims and Bailey at WIBA
March 23, 1932
Lee Sims, piano player, and Ilo Mae Bailey, singer, at WIBA radio, NBC studios.
Outdoor Group Portrait of the Yuba Band
August 25, 1946
Helene Stratman-Thomas and members of the Yuba band, many of whom had played together for forty years: Otto and Wincil Stanek, clarinet; George McGilvery and William Tydrich, cornet; Anton Stanek, ...
