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Year: 1925, 1927?

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Total Number of Impressions: 200

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For 1925 Caroline Armington visitors’ book shows: ‘’ John Philip Sousa J. New York City, Sept. 28-25, 1927, Miss xxxxxx xx, 1451 Broadway & 41st street’’

And, Caroline Armington recorded in her sales book: ‘’Mr. John Philip Sousa, Book plate 1000, + 200 prints 200, 1200’’.

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John Philip Sousa Jr. was the son of the famous composer John Philip Sousa Sr.

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA (1854-1932) was an American composer and conductor known primarily for his military and patriotic marches; Sousa composed over 130 marches, some of his most famous marches include; "The Stars and Stripes Forever," "Semper Fidelis," "The Washington Post March," and "El Capitan." He earned the nickname "The March King" for his prolific output and mastery of the genre.

John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, in Washington, D.C., to John Antonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus. His father was of Portuguese and Spanish descent, and his mother was of German descent.

John, Jr, was the first of three Sousa children and was born on April 1st, 1881. He was educated in Washington, New York City, and Princeton, NJ schools. His higher education took place at Princeton University where he was a baseball standout prior to graduating in 1904. In 1905, he married Eileen Adams of New York and raised five children.

John, Jr. was involved in several business ventures primarily in the area of manufacturing. The family eventually relocated to La Jolla, California where in 1937, he died suddenly of a heart attack at age 56.

 

1451 Broadway (at 41st Street) was a commercial office building, not a residential home, serving as the official Sousa Band Office.

This Times Square building housed the administrative headquarters where John Philip Sousa Sr.’s team managed booking, publicity, employment inquiries, and mailing for the touring civilian band.

While John Philip Sousa Jr. did not live there, he spent considerable time at this address because he frequently assisted with the family’s business operations, legal affairs, and commercial manufacturing partnerships managed out of Manhattan.

 

We did not found evidences that he traveled to Europe in 1925 but, John Philip Sousa Jr. did return from Europe to New York aboard the S.S. Homeric arriving at the Port of New York on January 20, 1927. He departed from the port of Cherbourg on January 12, 1927.

 

We do not know if this bookplate was for John Philip Sousa Jr. or for his father John Philip Sousa Sr.

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