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Group photo of the Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan Rajah Temple No. 195 band on the steps of the Elks Club once located at the corner of Jefferson Street and Franklin Road.

Roy Hall and his band with Roy Rogers. Left to right: Wayne Watson, Tommy Magness, Roy Hall, Roy Rogers, Woody Mashburn, Bill Brown, and Clayton Hall.

Norfolk & Western Band in new uniforms. Kneeling at left is the director, L. Christensen.

Monroe Junior High School Band.

The Robertson Singers of Roanoke. Seated, left to right: J.H. Robertson, Mrs. J.H. Robertson; standing, left to right: J.W. Harris, Charles Wiley, and V. Guerrant.

Norfolk & Western Railway Band.

The Blue Ridge Entertainers played regularly on local radio and played in the studio the day WROV went on the air. There was another group by the same name and this group was the "second unit". Back row, left to right: Rufus Hall, Hank Angle, Jay…

Tommy Magness and the Orange Blossom Boys was a popular Roanoke radio and dance band. Left to right: Slim Idaho, Warren Poindexter, Tommy Magness, Dexter Mills, Clayton Hall, and Saford Hall.

The Aristocrats were a popular local dance band. Seen here in the Morocco Club on Henry Street, they are, left to right: Ed Wright, Audrey Pitman, Shelton Ramey, Bill Harper, Raphael Jackson, James Morris, St. Paul Thomas, John J. Locklayer. …

Wanderers of the Wasteland musical group. Left to right: Roy Lemmon, Bob Pauley, Glenwood Howell, and Woody "Lucky" Mashburn.

Eagles Band.

Professor Charles Rowe and his Rhythm Boys perform for a Veterans of Foreign Wars banquet at the Hotel Roanoke.

Hiawatha Tribe Number 66, Red Men's Band at Hotel Roanoke.

Group photograph of the William Fleming High School band.

Amongst the clerks, boilermakers, carpenters, mechanics, and engineers were a slew of instrumentalists, singers, song writers, and composers. Together, they formed the Roanoke Shop Band. Here the band stands on the grounds of the Hotel Roanoke. …

William A. Hunton Branch YMCA

Lucy Addison High School Band at Victory Stadium.

Unidentified musicians entertain inside clubhouse of Bent Mountain Hunting Club.

The Roy Lemon trio performs at Craig Healing Springs.

The Stone Printing Company band at a company picnic at Coyner Springs in 1898. Band members unknown.

Began by patriarch A.P. Mundy, the Mundy Family Stringband was popular on local radio during the 1920s. Seated, L to R: Cline Mundy, Fred Mundy. Standing, L to R: Mildred Mundy, Mildred Mundy (Mrs. A.P.), Lois Mundy and Janice Mundy.

American Viscose Life Saving Crew marches in a World War II victory parade.

Unidentified members of the Kazim Temple Band.

Kazim Temple Band in Christmas parade. Looking northeast on Jefferson Street from the corner of Day Avenue.

A band plays at the Roanoke Public Library's opening day celebration in Elmwood Park.
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