Title

Band Musicians from Nicollet with their Instruments (brass and drums), ca. 1890

Creation Date

circa 1890

Description

B/W digital image of band musicians posing indoors with their instruments (brass and drums), about 1890. The Germania Band was organized by Nicollet's "Music Man," Frank Hackbarth, who began giving band lessons to 17 men 3-4 times a week ca. 1887. L to R: Front - Netzke, William/Thom, August, Sr./Hopp, Herman A./Miller, William/Magers, Emil/Kamholz, Carl/Hopp, Herman/Mieske, Otto; Back - Mude, Gottlieb/ ? ? /Schwanz, Julius/Otto, Frederick/Kratzke, Louis/Hopp, Fred/ ? ? /Freitag, August and Hackbarth, Frank (Director) The band dissolved in 1925, but was restarted by Ludwig Freitag.
Frank Hackbarth went to Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm and was the Lutheran Parochial School teacher in the late 1800s. He was Nicollet's "Mr. Music Man," organizing the popular Germania Band ca. 1890.
Scenes of Frank Hackbarth with his band @ E5117/ED668/ED687, of his house flooded after a rainstorm @ ED681-82/ED771 and in other scenes @ ED613/ED643/ED666/ED670-70a.
Scenes with Ludwig Freitag are @ E5117/ED663/ED668/ED687/ED700/ED707.
Digital Images ED101 to ED1380 were brought in by Nicollet, MN individuals or organizations for scanning into a digital record, in part in preparation for publishing a history of Nicollet for its 150th Anniversary in 2006.