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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelly_Manne

I showed this to a drummer who told me Shelly's wearing a 'china cymbal'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_cymbal

This is a drummer from "The President's Own" US Marine Band. It appears that the picture is taken on the parade deck of Marine Barracks, Washington, DC. The white in the background looks like a wing of the Home of the Commandants and the window to the left looks like it belongs to one of the officers quarters buildings.

usmcontra: Thanks for the information about the US Marine Band and the possible location. We will update the source data and upload the description.

Dear god in heaven those dress reds look sharp

This gentleman is Charlie Owen, Marimba Soloist with the United States Marine Band and timpanist with the U.S. Marine Band and Orchestra under the direction of Colonel Taylor Branson and Col. William Santelmann from 1934–54.

Thank you so much for this information David Valdes. We'll see about adding the name to the record the next time we update.

I like how the same drum is played by the group.

...That looks like Stoney Creek Singers!!!.. They're outta NC I believe..

mvskoke_creek Thank you for the comment, mvskoke_creek! I'll try to retrieve a positive ID for the group featured in this image from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. In the meantime, I just looked up the Stoney Creek Singers, here's a video of that group performing live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BIPhjjxnfU. Sincerely, Susannah Smithsonian Institution Archives

Thanks for your photo, I used it on my blog : phonotheque.hypotheses.org/15330