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3. Photograph (5''x7'') of Gilmore's Band at Manhattan Beach, New York, 1884. Copied from a print at [Boston Public Library, Brown Collection].

Nineteenth-century bands often found summer employment at amusement parks and resorts where they gave outdoor concerts. In the summer of 1879, Patrick Gilmore's Band began their annual visits to the resort at New York's Manhattan Beach.

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