Railroad dinner bell chime presented to Leo LaRue in honor of his retirement
date: label: Date
content: mid-20th century
name: label: Issued by
content: Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, American, 1859 - 1996
label: Received by
content: Leo LaRue, American, 1918 - 2002
label: Manufactured by
content: J.C. Deagan Company, American
notes: label: Description
content: This dinner chime has four gold-colored metal chimes mounted above large brown tubular resonators. The resonators, in conjunction with the chimes, increase in width and depth as the notes progressively deepen in pitch. The four gold chime plates are engraved with the following message (a break in text means the line is on the subsequent chime plate): [Presented to/ Leo LaRue/ AS A MEMENTO FROM HIS MANY FRIENDS/ on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe]. 2012.93.2 is the included striking mallet, which has more wear than the dinner chime set, but matches it in color and appearance.
place: label: Place used
content: Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Social life and customs
label: Topic
content: Transportation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ina Mae LaRue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.93.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: chimes
label: Type
content: musical instruments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and wood
label: Dimensions
content: chimes: 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (21 x 31.1 x 7.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: mallet: 1 x 1 x 8 1/2 in. (2.5 x 2.5 x 21.6 cm)