PROSPECT PARK: PAST & PRESENT


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Salvatore Minichini (center, standing) poses with his Royal Marine Band following an afternoon concert on Sunday, September 4, 1927 at the Prospect Park Music Grove in Brooklyn, New York. Minichini made several recordings with this band between 1922 and 1929.
[Photo from the collection of Jean and John Higgins, New City, NY. Used with permission.]



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The gazebo in the Prospect Park Music Grove where Minichini's band performed still stands, although it is no longer used for concerts. This photo shows the approximate location where the 1927 band photo was taken.
[Photo by Elisa Koehler, September, 1998]



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These days concerts in Brooklyn's Prospect Park take place in this Bandshell.
[Photo by Elisa Koehler, September, 1998]

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