Gibson Mandolin
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Gibson Guitar Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This mandolin was made by the Gibson in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1922.</p>
label: Description
content: <p> It is an A-4 model, serial number 69625. This mandolin has a wooden body with 8 strings, inlaid design around sound hole and at top of neck. Design at top of neck reads "The Gibson" in mother of pearl. There is a metal plaque at top of neck that reads "L. Kramer." Metal plaque at base of strings reads "The Gibson." </p>
label: Description
content: <p> This mandolin features U. S. Patent # 598245, dated February 1, 1898, by Orville H. Gibson for improvements in mandolins. </p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Louis H. Kramer, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0098.01
label: patent number
content: 598245
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0098.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0098
label: serial number
content: 69625
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mandolin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother of pearl (in lay material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (plaque material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 10 in x 2 1/4 in; 64.77 cm x 25.4 cm x 5.715 cm