Billie Stein and Her Harmony Girls Band, circa 1925

Item

Identifier: B063.02.0002.00011

Staff Only

Abstract

Billie (Lillian) Stein poses with members of her Harmony Girls Orchestra. All five female members of the group are dressed in clown costumes with a ruff at the neck. Billie Stein sits in the center on a bench. Billie Stein started her own all-girls band at the age of 14 and traveled throughout the United States performing on her trumpet.

Dates

circa 1925

Creator

Orpheum Studio (Photographer, Organization)

Digital Repository

Billie Stein and Her Harmony Girls Band

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Extent

2 Items (photograph)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains materials intentionally assembled by the Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Jews in the Rocky Mountain region. The bulk of the photographs are from or related to various towns in Colorado, but the collection also contains photographs from other states in the western United States and other countries. There are some 19th century photograph types represented in the collection, including albumen prints, daguerrotypes, tintypes, post cards, colorized prints, cabinet cards, and cartes-de-visite.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Fair 8 x 10 inches black and white

Provenance

Donated by Billie Stein.

General

reformatted digital

Title supplied by archivist.

Inscription and Marks

On back of photograph: ''#194 Billie Stein's Orchestra Billie, seated, about 1925, The Harmony Girls, Donor Mrs. Billie Stein.'' On envelope: ''#194 Billie Stein's Orchestra.''