Simmons University Cowboy Band, Abilene, Texas 1929 Section 2

Simmons University, now Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, Texas Cowboy Band.

Caption reads: The Best Known Band in the World, leaving Texas June First and playing 18 weeks on Broadway, New York. The Famous Cowboy Band, official Band of the Texas Hoover Delegation.

Photo by National Photo Service, San Antonio, Texas, 1929.

Cornet Players, far left could be (three of these) - Roy Reeves, Byron Kidwell, J. W. Thomas, Roy Weatherby, Richard Walker, Emmett Howard, E. V. Lancaster, John A. Hutchison, Ray Fesmire, Jack Roberts, Frank Homesley

Saxophone Players could be Bob Whipkey, Elmer Spears, Charles Logsdon, Joe McCluskey, Howard Farmer, Louis Bailey, Elie Lam

Drummers could be (two of) Otha Hillyard, Harry Hayes, Myron Corbin, Estell Patterson