Title

Germania Brass Band

Creation Date

1900 – 1904

Description

Germania Brass Band. B/W photo of the members of Nicollet's Germania Brass Band in their uniforms, holding their instruments. The band was organized by Frank Hackbarth of Nicollet, who began giving band lessons to members several times a week, beginning about 1887. See page 548 of the Nicollet 150th Anniversary book: "The History of Nicollet 1856 - 2006." August Thom Senior is the second person in the front row. Louis Freitag is the first person in the middle row. Tony Kratzke is the second person in the middle row. Louis Kratzke is the fourth person in the middle row. August Freitag is the fifth person in the middle row. All numbers are from left to right. The band stopped performing in 1925, but was formed again later by Ludwig Freitag.