While continuing to research giant tubas this past week, I received, or stumbled upon the following items that are Sousaphone-related. The first is from around 1899, and is almost certainly a bit of promotional silliness - Elephants with helicon basses!
The second is a 1928 cereal ad that features, of all things, an upright bell Sousaphone - something that, by that time, had long-since fallen out of favor. The forward-facing bell Sousaphone, introduced by Conn in 1908, had been ruling the day for almost two decades (but, to be fair, it's easier to stuff people into an upright bell!):
Finally, the cover of
The Saturday Evening Post from October 19, 1946 features a bell-front Sousaphone at a football game (check out the reflection in the bell):
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