Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1854 - 1932
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
USS Iowa (BB-4) Navy Band Photograph Album
Collection
Collection ID: MG 131
Scope and Contents
One photograph album of approximately 120 photographs kept by a Navy band member aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-4) and in France during World War I. Some of the photographs in the album include John Philip Sousa as a Navy officer, daily life on board the ship, recreation activities of the officers, the Navy band, and the Navy's NC-4 seaplane that was the first aircraft to fly nonstop across the Atlantic in the spring of 1919. The captions in the photograph album were supplied by the...
Dates:
1917-1919; Other: Date acquired: 03/27/2017