| The Sightseeing Streetcar |
| Sightseeing streetcar, 1910 Band, from left: Emmett Rogers, George Brunies and Albert "Abbie" Brunies. Abbie Brunies went on to play for Papa Jack Laine's band at Jazz clubs in Milneburg and Bucktown and formed his own popular band in New Orleans. He directed the Halfway House orchestra for most of the 1920's. Later, with brother Merritt, he formed the Brunies Brothers Dixieland Jazz Band in Biloxi, MS. George Brunies had his own band, as well, and he and Emmett Rogers, both had successful careers in Jazz. |
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| Ad for a sightseeing streetcar, 1911. |