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Homer "Tod" Sanborn collection, 1903-1919.
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Title:
Homer "Tod" Sanborn collection, 1903-1919Sanborn, Tod
Abstract:
Photographs of musicians, sheet music, and musical instruments.
Date:
1903 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caSanborn, Homer
Musicians -- California -- San Francisco
Musical instruments
Photographs
Sheet music
Note:
Homer Chellis Sanborn was born in Lemoore, California on November 5, 1882. He played drums with the Merced Concert Band as
teenager, and by his early twenties played with bands in Sacramento. Homer learned to play the xylophone and saxophone, adopted
the stage name "Tod," and worked as a musician in Sacramento, Denver, and San Francisco. He traveled a lot as well (often
combined with his profession), visiting Honolulu, Yokohama, Shanghai (where he lived for awhile), and Manila. He also led
a band that played on the Dollar Line ships. Homer Sanborn passed away in San Francisco on February 20, 1951.
Sanborn, Tod.
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biographyPhysical Description:
print
8 archival boxes; 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Language:
English
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.