Karl L. King and the Sells-Floto & Buffalo Bill Wild West Combined Shows Band 1914 to 1916 Karl King played baritone in the 1912 Sells-Floto Circus Band conducted by Walter P. English. However, in 1914 (at age 23) Karl became leader of the Sells-Floto & Buffalo Bill Wild West Combined Shows Band. He remained in that capacity for the 1915 and 1916 seasons. 1912 season Sells-Floto route

front row from left: Tommy Fallon, John Martin, Frank Griffith, Karl L. King, Nosy Martin and Red Miller
second row: Henry Werner, unknown, unknown, Harold Sanford, Hi Robinson, and George Becker
third row: Alonzo Leach (who would later move to Iowa and play his flute with the Karl King Band of Fort Dodge), Pete Sturgis, Togo McLaughlin and John Kultti
fourth row: Don Montgomery, Walter P. English (who conducted the Sells-Floto Band in 1912 when Karl was a baritone player in that band), Isele Coplin, Harry Coplin
top row: Mike Frankenpool, Henry Lindeman and Mark Stubley