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

1. Helvetia Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

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

2. Helvetia Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

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

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

4. String Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

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

5. String Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

6. Guitarist and Violinist in Helvetia, Randolph County, 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.'

7. Musicians, Helvetia, W. Va.

8. Helvetia Brass Band, Helvetia, W. Va.

Musicians and others on an outcropping in the forest near Helvetia, West Virginia.

9. Outing in the Woods Near Helvetia, W. Va.

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

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

Six members of the Helvetia Brass Band with their instruments.

11. Helvetia Brass 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.

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