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Group Images

The growth in size and instrumentation of the band through the decades is clear through these group photographs. Images which do not feature the marching band have also been provided, such as the Cadets and ROTC which included band members, and groups relevant to the band's history, like early sports teams and other music ensembles.

28 items

Second football team (1891)

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  • Date: 1891
  • Desc: 1891 Football Squad
  • Collection: RG 39-05-00 B1, F1: Football (Athletic Department)
  • ID: 390500-00001
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Baseball team group portrait (1887)

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  • Date: 1887-1888
  • Desc: Baseball team about 1887-1888, front row left to right: Charles W. Bigelow '89, William L. Stephens '89, Montana A. Whisler '87-89, Thomas A. Williams '89 back row: Joseph H. Mallalieu '86-89, Thomas S. Allen '89, Hervey B. Hicks '91, Myron I. Bigelow '89, Winfield S. Scott '84-86, '87-88
  • Collection: 39-11-00 B1, F1: Baseball, Men's Athletics Records
  • ID: 390511-01690
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Cadets and cadet band outside University Hall (1884)

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  • Date: 1884
  • Desc: ROTC cadets and cadet band stand in uniform outside University Hall; some cadets stand on porch and on balcony above porch.
  • Collection: RG 57-09-04 B16: Donald A. Lentz, Marching Band Records
  • ID: 570904-07231
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ROTC cadets on parade ground (1881)

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  • Date: 1881
  • Desc: ROTC cadets on parade ground, 1881. Surrounded by spectators, houses, large buildings, one with a smokestack
  • Collection: RG 33-21-00 : Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Records
  • ID: 332100-00003
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Band photograph on the Nebraska Capitol steps (undated)

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  • Desc: Original caption: "University of Nebraska-Lincoln marching band." Note: black and white and color negatives.
  • Collection: RG 42-12-02 : University Photos, University Communications Records
  • ID: 421202-01188
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  • ID: 570904-07236
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Cadet studio portrait (undated)

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  • Desc: Studio portrait of ROTC cadets. Dressed in formal uniforms, with three rows of subjects, two standing and one sitting
  • Collection: RG 33-21-00 : Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Records
  • ID: 332100-00004
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Cadet Band at summer camp (undated)

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  • Desc: Original caption: "Early 1900s at summer camp." A group portrait of the University of Nebraska Cadet band posed in front of tents.
  • Collection: RG 57-09-04 B16 F3: Donald A. Lentz, Marching Band Records
  • ID: 570904-00025
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