HAROLD HALIDAY COSTAIN ‘Town & Country’ Interior Composer Walter Damrosch PHOTO

During World War I, Costain served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Leviathan, taking photos and playing first coronet in the Navy band directed by John Phillip Sousa. Following the war, Mr. Costain began his 70-year-long professional photographic career as a “stillman,” assistant cinematographer, and general Jack-of-all-trades for silent films.

1933 HAROLD HALIDAY COSTAIN ‘George Bennett VIOLINIST Musician Portrait PHOTO

During World War I, Costain served in the Navy on the U.S.S. Leviathan, taking photos and playing first coronet in the Navy band directed by John Phillip Sousa. Following the war, Mr. Costain began his 70-year-long professional photographic career as a “stillman,” assistant cinematographer, and general Jack-of-all-trades for silent films.