Music Stand
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This music stand was made by an unknown maker in the United States, from 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is made of Japanned iron.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This item is described as made of “Japanned Iron, folding like an umbrella, the best quality made” in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, and sold as a music stand for "bands on excursion duty" (#7249) for $3.00.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055757
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music stand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 20 in; 4.1275 cm x 7.9375 cm x 50.8 cm