[1] The first mention of the Whangdoodle Four occurs in a newspaper announcement in The Seattle Republican at the end of 1907.

[3] A brief 1909 article in the Freeman: An Illustrated Colored Newspaper lists the members of the Whangdoodle Trio as P. G. Lowery, first mandolin; F.R.

Brooks, manager, second mandolin; J.P. Faulkner, tenor, cello; F.E.

[4] A photo of the Whangdoodle Entertainers, from The Freeman newspaper, 1914, lists the members as C.A.

[5] The Whangdoodle Entertainers performed ragtime, string band music, and jazz.