Drums Collection (page 6)

Leslie Crowther with Junior Band, St Ives, Cornwall
Leslie Crowther (1933-1996), TV presenter and entertainer, with members of the Junior Band, St Ives, Cornwall

Music shop interior, 1855
The interior of the musical instrument shop of Gautrot, France. Horns, trumpets and drums are displayed, with one keen shopper trying what looks like an early euphonium. Date: 1855

Ancient musical instruments
A selection of ancient musical instruments. 1 - A symphony, or fiddle. 2 & 3- Egyptian instruments of the 18th century. 4 - Sackbut. 5, 6, & 7 - cherubic musicians from Herculaneum. 8 - a toph(drum)

Regional African music: woman drummer, 1739
An African musical instrument, as played by the wives of Kafirs in 1739. Date: 1739

Regional music: Chinese drums
A man strikes a Chinese drum with a beater. Date: 1837

Regional music: Moluccan instruments, 1737
A selection of musical intruments from the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. Date: 1737

Geisha musicians, Japan, with stringed instruments, flute and percussion. Date: circa 1890s

Dancers and drummers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

British soldiers with improvised oven, WW1
British soldiers with an improvised oven made out of oil drums, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Chinese troops on Western Front in France, WW1
Chinese troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are celebrating a dragon day with a Chinese boat display. Date: circa 1916

Street performers, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Frank & Raymond Hills Los Angeles Dance Orchestra, previously resident at the Hotel Negresco, Nice, France. Their instruments include violin, saxophone, banjo, piano, drums, trombone and euphonium

Tatler front cover, Christmas number 1915
A gloriously patriotic front cover design by Annie Fish, featuring Fishs creation, Eve, dressed in a flamboyant military uniform and waving a Union Jack flag. 1915

Elderly workman in a yard
An elderly workman standing in a yard

Wake-up call
An early morning wake up call at a naval college. A trumpet sounds and two big drums are banged in order to get the recruits out of their sleeping hammocks. Date: 1885

West Indian Oil Drums
A West Indian oil drum band. Date: 1960s

Hungarian Drummer
Barefoot children dancing to the beat of a drum in Hungary. They are rehearsing for Christmas pantomime. Date: 1930s

Repeating Pattern - Toy Drummers. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Japan - Three Geisha Girls playing traditional instruments - two on drums and one playing the Shamisen. Date: circa 1904

Band of the Life Guards in State Dress, preceded by the Drum Horse bearing the famous Silver Drums presented to the Regiment by King William IV, who was then Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment

Indian Drum - Mridangam
Indian Drum - this is a type of Mridangam drum. The pieces of wood between the leather braces and the striped shell are used to assist the tuning

Birds on a drum-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Bristol Sycamore Mk4 G-AMWI carrying a suspended load
Bristol Sycamore Mk4, G-AMWI, carrying a suspended load of two oil drums

Little drummer boy Date: c. 1910

Twnate Canal - Rangoon - We stopped at the official tollhouse and our junior officer captain had chairs and tables set out for our tea under a huge Ginko tree

Pipe Band at Dumfries Industrial School
Uniformed members of the boys pipe band at the Dumfries Industrial School pose with their instruments - bagpipes and drums - accompanied by two adult members of the Schools staff. Date: Date unknown

Visiting a toy shop

GLC-LFB Firemens pop group Flashpoint
Flashpoint were a band from Wembley fire station who were regular artists at the G Divisional social club at Willesden fire station. NW London

Sea Cadet parade, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The band of TS Wooltan, the sea cadet unit based at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, leading the annual Armistice Day procession through the town. 1955

Boy operating pedal-driven drum raft
A boy operating a pedal-driven drum raft at Longridge Water Activities Centre, watched by a number of spectators. circa 1960s

The Young Ones, rock and roll band, Walton, Essex
Three guitarists, a drummer and a vocalist who formed The Young Ones rock and roll band in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1963

Bolivia - Traditional Drummers and Dancer Date: circa 1930s

Metropolitan Police officer and Guards Band, London
A Metropolitan Police officer on horseback, with a band of Guards playing and marching behind him, with Buckingham Palace in the background. Date: circa 1960s

New Year Greetings card
Colourful New Year Greetings card from Germany - featuring two jolly German ladies in bonnets, one playing the trumpet and the other beating a large side drum. Date: 1906

Bacongo, Congo - Tam Tam Drum players Date: circa 1930s

Crowd of Syrian Arabs
A Crowd of Syrian Arab men and women in traditional costume at a seasonal festival Date: circa 1930s

Communications Palmin 2
Primitive people communicating with drums

Afgican Pygmies
African Pygmies of the Mbuti Tribe from the Ituri Tribe Date: circa 1910s

Bone Town Band
The doggy drummer of the Bone Town Band ! Date: early 1930s

Portuguese infantry marching through Saint-Floris, WW1
Portuguese infantry marching through Saint-Floris, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Military music: 17th century drummer
A drummer in the Maine Regiment, 1676. Date: 1676

Regimental musicians at Moncks funeral, 1670
Two " drumms and a fife and the drumme-major" at the funeral of GEORGE MONCK Duke of ALBEMARLE, military commander and statesman. Date: 1670

Austrian Village Ensemble, featuring, yokels, musicians and a variety of age groups! The caption reads Aineter Militia. Date: 1928

Austrian Brass Band in traditional country costume. Date: circa 1910s

Band and parade at Mettray Colony, France
A band and parade of inmates at the agricultural colony for delinquent boys at Mettray, near Tours, France. In the 1840s, the colony pioneered the cottage homes system where boys lived in small

Military band with instruments in front of a tent
A military band, the Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, together with their instruments, including six drums, posing for their photo in front of a tent

Military band at a country house, Crickhowell, Mid Wales
A military band in the grounds of a large country house in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. Various civilians are walking around, enjoying the gardens and fountain

Grenadier Guards drummers, Trengwainton House, Cornwall
The Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards performing on the front lawn of Trengwainton House in Penzance, Cornwall in front of a large audience

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