Vintage "Smittie" Smith Band Director's Uniform and Men's Hats
Item Details
A selection of men’s clothing and hats. The highlight is a black wool band director’s outfit owned by ‘Smittie’ Smith, a notable Cincinnati musical legend, who founded the first ‘Smitties’ Band’ which played at the inaugurations of presidents William McKinley, William H. Taft and Warren Harding. The Smittie Band was the official band of the Cincinnati Reds when the team played at Crosley Field. It also played for state fairs, accompanying stars such as Roy Rogers and Bob Hope, ice shows and circuses. The last “Smittie,” who lived in Wyoming, led concerts in parks for more than 50 years. Mr. Smith was band director at Withrow High School, where he founded the Withrow Minstrels. He directed the Syrian Temple Shrine Band for 30 years. The band director’s outfit includes a jacket, trousers and cap from Pettibone Uniform Tailors. Other items in this lot include two Koch brown fiberglas suitcases, a brown canvas outfit, perhaps a fishing outfit, and an array of hats, with straw, baseball caps, antique 1900s Dobbs Fifth Avenue straw hat with ribbon band, leather cap, a French Room hat box and box of vintage ties in silk and woven wool.
Condition
-vintage with minor wear, some stains to interior fabric of suitcase
Dimensions
-hat 7 1/8
-shipping box dimension
Item #
17CIN231-374
