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Victor Herbert Orchestra in Saratoga Springs

Victor Herbert Orchestra in Saratoga Springs (009.00.00)

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Each summer around the turn of the twentieth century, the Victor Herbert Orchestra was engaged for concerts at the luxurious Grand Union Hotel in the resort town of Saratoga Springs, New York. One of the largest hotels in the world, it attracted the wealthy elite of the time. The orchestra played several concerts a day, some of them on the hotel piazza, as shown in this photograph.
Each summer around the turn of the twentieth century, the Victor Herbert Orchestra was engaged for concerts at the luxurious Grand Union Hotel in the resort town of Saratoga Springs, New York. One of the largest hotels in the world, it attracted the wealthy elite of the time. The orchestra played several concerts a day, some of them on the hotel piazza, as shown in this photograph.