The Winedale Story

Music has been a vital part of the social fabric of the Winedale area. Whether for personal expression, family entertainment, or social performance, the people of the region have cultivated vocal and instrumental music in many forms. The images displayed here from the Winedale Photograph Collection depict Anglo, German, and Czech musical life from the 1890s to the 1920s. The photographs reflect the variety of musical expression in the communities around Winedale, including town bands and orchestras, church choirs, festivals, mail-order instruments, and the advent of the phonograph. Photographs such as these were important because they not only preserved an image for posterity but also gave an immediate, formal legitimacy to the way people lived their lives.

Prof. George Etzel's Round Top Band, Round Top (Fayette Co.), Texas, 1893.
Winedale Photograph Collection

New Ulm Band (Austin Co.), ca. 1890s.
Winedale Photograph Collection

Kossa's Farmers Band, Ammansville (Fayette Co,.), Texas, 1910.
Winedale Photograph Collection

		Lydia Stalmach (Maresh) seated at the family organ, Nelsonville (Austin co.), Texas, ca. 1912. Winedale Photograph Collection
		August Werbach playing the organ, Warrenton (Fayette Co.),. Texas, ca. 1895. Winedale Photograph Collection

Rockhouse Brass Band, Rockhouse (Austin Co.), Texas, ca. 1908.
Winedale Photograph Collection

Czech musicians from Dubina (Fayette Co.), Texas, ca. 1908.
Winedale Photograph Collection

City Band, New Ulm (Austin Co.), Texas, ca. 1920s.
Winedale Photograph Collection

Young woman with Edison phonograph, New Ulm (Austin Co.), Texas, 1910. Winedale Photograph Collection		Accordionist and bandleader Emil Schuhmann, Waldeck (Fayette Co.), Texas, ca. 1890s. Winedale Photograph Collection
	Joseph George Wagner Family Band, Winedale (Fayette Co.), Texas, ca. 1890. Courtesy Wagner Family. Winedale Photograph Collection
	String musicians from Dubina (Fayette Co.), Texas, ca. 1900. Winedale Photograph Collection

Brenham National Guard Band, 2^nd Regiment (Washington Co.), ca. 1920.
Winedale Photograph Collection

St. Paul Lutheran Church Choir, Skull Creek (Colorado Co.), Texas, ca. 1898.
Winedale Photograph Collection

“Hay Seed Band” in costume, La Grange (Fayette Co.), Texas.
Winedale Photograph Collection

		Baca Band, Fayetteville (Fayette Co.), Texas, 1929. Texas Music Collection
		Johann Traugott Wandke hand-carved cedar organ played by Susan Ferré, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Round Top (Fayette Co.), Texas, in Gerald Frank, *German Organbuilder on the Texas Frontier* (Boston, 1990). Texas Collection Library

City Band and Orchestra, Cat Spring (Austin Co.), Texas, ca. 1915.
Winedale Photograph Collection

Brune Brothers string band, Frelsburg (Colorado Co.), Texas, ca. 1890.
Winedale Photograph Collection

Farmers Orchestra, Haw Creek (Fayette Co.), Texas, ca. 1923.
Winedale Photograph Collection