By Steve E. Troutman
The Rough and Ready Cornet Band poses in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, at the red brick hotel on the square in 1906. The handsome uniformed men all have brass instruments, cymbals or drums. Today [2012] this red brick hotel is owned and operated by the Rothermel family.
First Row (left to right): Elsworth Klinger; Jacob Ramberger; Samuel Erdman; Red Miller; John Starr; Wilson Paul.
Second Row: Perry Stiely; Calvin Klinger; Oscar Starr (?); —unknown—; Oscar Erdman; William Reiner; Francis Schadel; David Engel.
Back Row: Harvey Stiely; William Maurer (?); Harvey Wolfgang; Monroe Dietz William Emmon Knorr; Wellington Mattern; George Snyder.
This photo courtesy of Wallace Knorr’s collection.
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Contributed by Steve E. Troutman. First published as a blog post on June 7, 2012, on “Mahantongo Heritage,” sponsored by PAHistorian.
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