The members of the band were wearing "linen dusters" as a result of having lost their uniforms in the fire of 1893, when the uniforms and instruments burned. Their instruments are new as are their top hats.
From the Gazette News: L. E. Jansen, a pioneer news dealer, was an expert at the waltz and polka. In 1884, he organized a Bunker Hill town band. The band, under his leadership, rendered many Saturday evening concerts from the bandstand located at the intersection of Washington and Warren Streets. On June 3, 1886, the name "Jansen's Cornet Band" was adopted.
In 1904, the Bunker Hill band, with Jansen as director, went to the St. Louis Worlds Fair to play on "Bunker Hill Day". There were 16 members at that time.
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