Musical Instrument Recording Session Photoprint
name: label: Photographer
content: Gray & Wynkoop
label: Names
content: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
place: label: Place
content: Paterson (N.J.) -- 1900-1910
topic: label: Topic
content: Musicians -- 1900-1950
label: Topic
content: Musical instruments -- 1900-1910
label: Topic
content: Zither -- 1900-1910
label: Topic
content: Mandolin -- 1900-1910
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchased by the Division of Musical Instruments, now part of the Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment from Keith DeLellis in 1985.
creator: label: Photographer
content: Gray & Wynkoop
setName: label: See more items in
content: Musical Instrument Recording Session Photoprint
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection is a photoprint of an early recording session taken about 1900.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Print by Gray & Wynkoop of Paterson, New Jersey.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This photograph and the Leedy Manufacturing Co. album (collection #188) were purchased together by the Division of Musical Instruments (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) from a dealer of photographic items. The collection was transferred to the Archives Center in 1985.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0194
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Photographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1998
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings -- 1900-1910
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The photoprint, probably gelatin silver bromide, is on pink tinted paper, mounted on a small board with a wrinkled, frayed, red ribbon adhered to the upper left corner.  The image depicts a sound recording session with an Edison recording machine and five men, three seated, holding two mandolins and a zither.  The photographic studio's blind-stamp, including address (256 Main Street, Paterson, New Jersey) is on the mount.