Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Max Schmidt Records |
Collection Name |
Max Schmidt Records |
Date |
ca. 1900-1916 |
Description |
This collection consists of the records of Max Schmidt and his Band White and Gold. Materials are both paper-based and photographic. The collection contains only 1 series: Administrative Records. (Keywords: New York City, Early Twentieth Century, Music, Bands, Performer, German American) (This is a collection-level overview description of an archival or manuscript collection. See series and/or item records of the same collection for additional information.) |
Biography and History |
Max Schmidt and his "Band White and Gold" were popular entertainers for many years at Midland Beach, Staten Island. Newspapers in the early 1900s also reported on their concerts at various locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and at New Jersey shore resorts. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
3.5 linear feet, held in 4 flat boxes [see archivist's notes for additional information] |
Acquisition |
Gift of Mrs. Walter S. Carell |
Catalog Number |
MS113.000 |
Object Name |
Records |
Archival Description Level |
Fonds |
Subjects |
Bands Musicians Entertainers |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1916 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Creator |
Schmidt, Max Frederick |
Associated People |
Schmidt, Max Frederick |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, September 2016. |
Child Records |
Series 1: Administrative Records |