Piano Trade Literature and Ephemera
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Anderson, John R.
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content: John R. Anderson Piano Trade Literature and Ephemera Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1850-1990, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1257, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consists of printed advertisements, catalogs, trade literature, advertising cards, postcards, guides, price lists, sales brochures, manuals, and blueprints primarily from manufacturers and distibutors of pianos.  There is some material from manufacturers and distributors of organs and harpsichords.  Most of the companies are from the United States, however, there is a small amount of material from European and Asian businesses. The materials were maintained in the subjects that were created by Anderson and then arranged in chronological order.