Browse Items (1 total) Tags: brass bands Sort by: TitleCreator Bandstand (1st) Early photographs of the Oberlin campus indicate a raised platform that appears to be a bandstand, but prior to the 1870s these were typically temporary structures that could be moved to different locations, and covered with canvas. The first… Tags: 1870s, brass bands, entertainment, late 19th century, music, Tappan Square, wood frame construction