06-27-2017 06:45 AM
Please help with German Photo? What is this about?
I would love to know what this photo represents.
Please any understanding on this will help.
06-27-2017 07:10 AM - edited 06-27-2017 07:12 AM
It's the Silver Jubilee, or 25th anniversary of the founding of a German, all men's choral group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A4ngerfest
06-27-2017 11:57 AM - edited 06-27-2017 12:01 PM
The Herwegh Sängerbund was one of many German American singing societies. It was based in St Louis. It might be worth contacting the Missouri History Museum Archives, which holds some material about the group:
A0691
Herwegh Saengerbund (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Records, 1909-1941. 2 boxes
St. Louis chapter of Arbeiter Saengerbund, a national German workingmen's singing
organization.
Collection contains account books, membership lists, minutes, printed stationery,
programs, invitations, music, and correspondence relating to the Herwegh Saengerbund.
German.
Cite as: Herwegh Saengerbund Records, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
m.mohistory.org/files/archives_guides/Guide_to_the_Archival_Collections_D-K.doc.pdf