File:Wagner's First Regiment Band, Seattle, 1889 (MOHAI 13231).jpg

Cornetist Theodore H. "Dad" Wagner arrived in Seattle in the mid-1880s. As leader of the Second Regiment National Guard Band, Wagner's band gained community fame by providing free concerts at Pioneer Square after Seattle's Great Fire of 1889. That same year, he led the First Regiment Washington National Guard Band in celebration of Washington's statehood. His own band, Dad Wagner's Band, played at Seattle's 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition and at many community and state venues throughout the early part of the 20th century. This photo collage shows images of Dad Wagner and the unidentified members of the First Regiment Band.

Caption information source: HistoryLink.org Essay 8876

• Subjects (LCTGM): Bands--Washington (State)--Seattle; Group portraits; Musical instruments--Washington (State)--Seattle;