Archive source

[Photograph 2012.201.B1237.0136]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "TECHNOLOGIST Donald R. Sell, former John Marshall band captain, recently graduated from bomb navigation systems mechanic school at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colo."

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Source context

Visible Gateway description uses the exact search wording 'band captain' in an Oklahoma-linked music-instructor, band/orchestra leadership, faculty, performer, or ensemble-leadership context. Creation information: ; 1959-10-15. Source: Oklahoma Times, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 15, 1959. Collection: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection.

Oklahoma connection

Gateway exact phrase 'band captain' identifies an Oklahoma-linked music education, band/orchestra leadership, faculty, instrumentalist, performer, or band-captain context. Preserve the visible description and do not infer physical instrument playing from a leadership title alone.

People, groups, or instruments recorded

band captain

Reading this source

This exact-variant capture preserves card and item-page evidence but is not a full biography or identity resolution. Role titles do not by themselves prove active instrument playing; exact Oklahoma connection type, duplicate relationships, cultural protocol, and republication rights require separate review. Per-page local hashes are recorded in the Markdown record.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc525797/