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Left to right:  Jacob Looser, Ernest Burky, Olga Aegerter, Fred Burky, Jr., Paul Aegerter, Fred Burky, Jr.

1. String Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

2. Aegerter and Burky Family Musicians at the Aegerter Home, Helvetia, W. Va.

3. Helvetia Brass Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

(Left to Right) Jakob Looser, Burky, Olga Aegerter, unidentified, Paul Aegerter, Fred Burky.

4. String Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Members of the Helvetia Brass Band with their instruments.

5. Helvetia Brass Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Members of the Helvetia Band with their instruments, gather outside for photograph.

6. Helvetia Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Members of the Helvetia Band with their instruments, gather outside for a portrait.

7. Helvetia Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Interior view of a Helvetia home - a guitar leaning on a couch, a bow and violin resting top of a pump organ.

8. Pump Organ, Bow and Violin and Guitar, Probably in the Aegerter Home, Helvetia, W. Va.

Members of the Helvetia Star Band attend a picnic.

9. Helvetia Star Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Six members of the Helvetia Brass Band with their instruments.

10. Helvetia Brass Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Man holding a trombone sitting beside a piano while a dog is sleeping beside him.

11. Trombone Player, Reverend Benjamin Holtkamp, Helvetia, W. Va.

'String music was important as well as brass music in Helvetia. Left to right: Jacob Looser, Ernest Burky, Olga Aegerter, Fred Burky, Jr., Paul Aegerter, and Fred Burky Sr.'

12. Musicians, Helvetia, W. Va.