Harmonic Reed Corp. Victory Band Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Harmonic Reed Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by Harmonic Reed Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1943. It is a Victory Band model, with 10 double holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a black plastic comb with metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with open rivets. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>VICTORY BAND<br>HARMONIC REED CORP. PHILA.U.S.A.<br>U.S. PAT 2,317,425 CANADIAN PAT 419477</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent #2317425, dated April 27, 1943 for the manufacture of harmonicas submitted by Charles E. Wetzler and Paul F. Boehm assignors to The United States Harmonica Corporation.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.325
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.325
label: patent number
content: 2317425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm