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Christmas card in the shape of a drum with catsChristmas card in the shape of a drum with three cats looking through a hole (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a drum with catChristmas card in the shape of a drum with a cats face looking through a hole (front). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Toys in a wheelbarrow on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Two boys on a drum-shaped New Year cardTwo boys singing a Christmas carol on a drum-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Trade advertisement, Musical Instrument Warehouse. circa 1820
Christmas card in the shape of a drum, with holly and a little dog. circa 1890s
Father Christmas with sleigh on a Victorian scrapFather Christmas with his sleigh full of presents and two reindeer on a Victorian scrap. He stands talking to a girl and a boy, no doubt asking them if they have been good. Date: circa 1890s
Grenadier guardsman drumming on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Three frogs playing music on a French greetings postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Soldiers marching on a New Year card, carrying a large pudding. Date: circa 1890s
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Traditional Band by the Town Park. Date: circa 1910s
Piping band on parade, Belfast, Northern IrelandPiping band of men and boys on parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1969
Vietnam - Musicians - SaigonVietnam - Musicians - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Two men with their Dan Tranh, a plucked Zither (similar to the Chinese guzheng, the Japanese koto)
Traditional Chinese Musical troupe / Group / Band, with a variety of traditional Chinese Musical Instruments including: Sanxian, Gong, Cymbals drums, horns and a bell. Date: circa 1910s
Myanmar - Burmese Traditional Village Dancing and Music / Musicians - playing such instruments as the curved Burmese Xylophone (Pattala) and Khong Vong gong chimes. Date: circa 1907
Japan - Female Japanese musical group and dancers. Date: circa 1905
Male and female police band members, LondonMale and female police band members, Met Police, London, both in ceremonial uniform. The WPC in the foreground is holding a clarinet
Camp in St James ParkEncampment, St Jamess Park, of troops brought in to quell the disturbances caused by the Gordon Riots. Soldiers relax with civilians amidst rows of tents, flags & stacks of drums Date: August 1780
Nautch Girls / IndiaTwo Nautch (dancing) girls perform accompanied by song, drums and cymbals. They danced at ceremonies and for entertainment. Date: circa 1840 s
Mother Christmas on a Christmas card -- With trumpets and with drums, Lo! Mother Christmas comes. Date: circa 1890s
Three children and stockings on a Christmas cardThree children with their stockings on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of fir tree branches and presents. Date: circa 1890s
The Johnny Parker bandPhotograph of the Johnny Parker band entertaining customers at the Crown and Anchor pub in Crown Street, Islington. The band used to play traditional jazz at the pub on Thursday nights as well as
Cartoon, French soldiers in quarters, WW1Cartoon, French soldiers in quarters, standing in the street with their musical instruments (three drums and one violin). Three children watching them think that its better to play the drum
Native Indian gathering, New Mexico, USANative Indians of many tribes, gathering for an inter-tribal ceremonial gallop, New Mexico, USA. Date: 1931
Central Cafe Orchestra, Juarez, Chihuaha, Mexico. The cafe at the time was owned bys G Gonzalez. Date: 1928
Japanese sweet sellersA Japanese man and woman walk down a street selling sweets. The man wears a headdress with paper windmills, and they both play drums to attract children. Date: 1932
Umbrina cirrosa. Date: 1863
Band of female musicians with drumsBand of female musicians in naval uniform, with drums. Date: circa 1930s
Band of musicians marching along a road, with a double decker bus following behind. Date: circa 1930s
Mexican natives celebrating the beginning of the century.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Egyptian harem with women dancing and playing music.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Boy scout band at campA boy scout band at camp, with drums and bugles. Date: 20th century
Boy scouts of Ponsonby Troop, New Zealand, at campGroup photo, boy scouts of Ponsonby Troop, Auckland City, New Zealand, seen here at camp. Date: early 20th century
Boy scouts band, Ponsonby, Auckland, New ZealandGroup photo of the boy scouts of the Ponsonby Drum and Fife Band, affiliated with the Ponsonby No. 1 Troop of Auckland City, New Zealand. They won a competition with a five quickstep selection
Scots Guards marching through Cologne, WW1The pipers of the Scots Guards playing troops through the streets of Cologne during the occupation of the Rhineland after the end of the First World War. Date: 1919
Women workers manufacturing synthetic phenol, WW1Women munition workers testing the temperature of phenol as it runs into drums during the production of explosives. Date: 1918
13th Highlanders Band of scouts on the march with drums
Dutch boy scouts on a parade ground with flags of various nations and musical instruments. Date: 1979
Band of boy scouts marching at a rally, MauritiusA band of boy scouts marching past at a rally, Mauritius, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1962
Chief Scout at inspection, Ghana, West AfricaInspection by the Chief Scout at the laying of a foundation stone, Ghana, West Africa. The scouts themselves were going to build a new bungalow for the house master of the technical school
Wolf cubs in Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West AfricaWolf cubs on stage, taking part in a Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa. Seen here giving a variation of the jungle dances
Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West AfricaScouts Gang Show on stage in Ghana, West Africa. The opening chorus, We Are The Boy Scouts of the Gold Coast, is led by scouter I K M Adams
2nd Accra scout troop in camp, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts at Accra, Ghana, West Africa, welcoming the Governor on his return from leave, 3 October 1923. Date: 1923
Sea Scouts playing bagpipes, GibraltarGibraltar Sea Scouts playing the bagpipes and drums, practising for their visit to Edinburgh for the 15th Scottish International Scout Jamboree at Blair Atholl Castle, Scotland. Date: 1970s
Boy scouts welcome Governor to Jamboree, CyprusBoy scouts with bugles and drums, welcoming the Governor, Sir Hugh Foot (1907-1990), to their Jamboree, Cyprus. Date: 1959
Drum and fife band, Hankow scouts and guides, ChinaThe drum and fife band of the Hankow (Hankou) boy scouts and girl guides, China. Date: 20th century
Boy scouts and others, French Congo, Central AfricaBoy scouts and others on an outdoor activity in the French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 20th century