Collection GB 0074 LMA/4247 - ITALIAN CARABINIERI BAND

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4247

Title

ITALIAN CARABINIERI BAND

Date(s)

  • 1918 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.04 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

A Carabinieri Band is an Italian uniformed marching band. The first Carabinieri band was founded in 1820 by the Royal Carabinieri Corps. This band first toured in 1916 to raise money for wounded Allied soldiers.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4247 1918 Collection 0.04 linear metres Unknown.

A Carabinieri Band is an Italian uniformed marching band. The first Carabinieri band was founded in 1820 by the Royal Carabinieri Corps. This band first toured in 1916 to raise money for wounded Allied soldiers.

The photograph was gifted to London Metropolitan Archives in February 2000 and came from a collection of Folkestone photographs donated to Kent County Archives by a relative of one of the staff at the Italian Consulate in Folkestone.

This collection comprises one photograph showing an Italian Carabinieri band marching down Cockspur Street, Pall Mall c 1918.

One item.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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Fit

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

August to October 2010. UK England Pall Mall London Visual materials Cultural identity Photographs Cultural nationalism National identity Italian (cultural identity) Wind bands Brass bands Artists Performers Musical performers Bands Military bands Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The photograph was gifted to London Metropolitan Archives in February 2000 and came from a collection of Folkestone photographs donated to Kent County Archives by a relative of one of the staff at the Italian Consulate in Folkestone.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This collection comprises one photograph showing an Italian Carabinieri band marching down Cockspur Street, Pall Mall c 1918.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One item.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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