Koehler, Oscar as President of the Saengerfest, 1898

1898

Oscar Koehler as President of the Saengerfest, 1898

Within Davenport society, Oscar Koehler was perhaps best known as the president of the 1898 Saengerfest, which drew upwards of 3,000 German-American singing club members to Davenport for a gala festival in the summer of 1898. From: Davenport Illustrated Saengerfest Souvenir Book, July 1898, p. 2.