Night Hawk Orchestra (postcard)

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Title Night Hawk Orchestra (postcard)
Photo Number P0665n07_04_03
Description Item from Leo Leonard Scrapbook (black cover), 1935 to 1957. Night Hawk Orchestra (left to right): Leo B. Leonard, Clair Leonard (Leo's brother), unknown, Leopold Leonard (Leo's father), Zoe Powell Leonard (Leo's mother, Leopold's wife), unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Emmet Leonard (Leo's brother). The Night Hawks were led by Leopold Leonard. Picture taken in 1929 in Price, Utah Municipal Building which is now part of the College of Eastern Utah Museum of Natural History.
Date 1929
Textual Date 1929
Keywords Night Hawk Orchestra; Musical ensembles; Big bands; Men; Women; Musicians; Instrumentalists; Singers; Leonard, Leo Bradford, 1905-1975; Leonard, Clair, 1911-1990; Leonard, Leopold, 1882-1963; Leonard, Zoe Ellen Powell, 1887-1962; Leonard, John Emmett, 1907-1992; Families; Mothers; Fathers; Brothers; Bandleaders; Bandmasters; Portraits; Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Correspondence artifacts; Post cards; Picture postcards
Subject Leonard, Leo Bradford, 1905-1975--Photographs; Musicians--Photographs; Orchestras--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Price (Utah)
Additional Information The Leo Bradford Leonard Photograph Collection follows his life as a civilian band member in the 1930s to joining the army band of the 88th Division of the 32nd Infantry and consequently being assigned as a military policeman in Germany and Europe around the time of World War II and immediately following. The main bulk of photographs are postcards and tourist images purchased by Leonard depicting towns and cities throughout Europe. The collection also contains personal photographs of Leonard and his second wife Elisabeth Josefine Gangl and her family in Europe as well as formal portraits. Also included is an album owned by Elisabeth before World War II showing friends and acquaintances in Germany.of his good friends, the writer Bernard DeVoto, as well as various photographs from trips he took that include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and Asia.
Collection Number and Name P0665 Leo Leonard Photograph Collection
Collection Name Leo Leonard
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Type Image
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 24-bit color. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s62n6kzj
Setname uum_map
ID 995819
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n6kzj
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