The famous Drum Major photo returns to it's origin in LIFE magazine.

The famous MMB drum major photo popped up in May and it's not even time for football. It was part of a slide show of classic photos in Time magazine on-line.

A couple of years ago MICHIGAN TODAY had an interesting article about it.

I thought it would be interesting to see what else I could find out about it.

Digitaljournalist.org has a quote from the photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, about the events leading up the the moment of the photo.

This photo first appeared in LIFE magazine in 1950. And I FOUND IT!  In Google Books, Life Magazine Oct 30, 1950  It is on page 108. You can go directly there, or scroll though 107 pages of  1950 news and some very vintage 1950 advertising.

There was also a famous photo exhibition and book called The Family of Man. I have a copy of the book and need to dig it out, so I will save that for another day.

Happy International Tuba Day!

Today is International Tuba Day (happens every year on that first Friday in May.)

My contribution to this year's celebration is my favorite sousaphone photo.

Sousaphone Siesta by Jane Namenye

I took this at break time during a Rose Bowl rehearsal, probably in 1978.  In those days the Michigan Marching Band stayed in a dorm on the UCLA campus and rehearsed on the IM sports field.

More info about International Tuba Day on the Tuba Day web site.