Band
| Title | Band |
| View | Drum, 1920s 1 |
| Series | IV: Student Activities |
| Description | That Drum! Fifteen years ago Carl D. Greenleaf, president of C. C. Conn Ltd. and a prominent alumnus of the class of 1899 presented the University of Chicago with a set of 100 band instruments including a huge bass drum engraved with the university's coat of arms. To construct this gigantic instrument, which measures more that 8 feet in diameter, Mr. Greenleaf sent a representative to the Chicago stockyards to select the largest steers, and had the drum built around drumheads made from their hides. Mounted on a set of airplanes tires, six men are needed to handle it on the field. |
| Subject Terms | Marching bands | Bass drums | Escutcheons (Coats of arms) | Devices (Symbols) |
| Photograph Date | 1923-10-08 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 16.2 x 18.8 cm |
| Location | University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf4-01703 |
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