TCU band performing the "Amon Carter March" at TCU-SMU football game
- Title
- TCU band performing the "Amon Carter March" at TCU-SMU football game
- Institution
- UTA
- Link
- https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/10021532
- Description
- Members of the Texas Christian University band performing during the TCU-SMU football game. During the game, Amon G. Carter was presented with a scroll naming him "honorary band leader for life" by TCU band leader Don Gillis. Gillis described Carter as the band's "greatest benefactor" and the Horned Frog band stood in front of Carter's box between the halves at the game as Gillis presented the scroll. As Gillis finished the presentation, the band played publicly for the first time "The Amon Carter March," written by Gillis.
- Date
- 1937-11-27
- Decade
- 1930s
- Subjects
- Marching Bands
- Texas Christian University
- Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955
- Source
- AR406-6-757
- Type
- Still Image
- Formats
- Negatives
- Black & White
- Rights
- Any use of content downloaded or printed from this site is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact Special Collections at The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries.
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