Herb Shriner's Hoosier Boy Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, about 1965. It is a Herb Shriner Hoosier Boy model in the key of C, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. The harmonica has a brown stained wooden comb with gold-tone enameled metal cover plates nailed to the top and bottom. It is accessioned with its original cardboard box. The harmonica is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[caricature of Herb Shiner] Herb Shiner<br>Hoosier Boy</p>
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content: <p>(and the box is marked):</p>
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content: <p>HERB SHINER’S<br>HOOSIER BOY<br>
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content: M. HOHNER HARMONICA MADE IN GERMANY</p>
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content: <p>Herbert Arthur "Herb" Shriner (1918-1970) was an American humorist, radio personality and television host. He learned to play harmonica in grade school and continued to play throughout adulthood. In between playing harmonica, Shriner told stories about a fictional Hoosier hometown. This became his performance style throughout his radio and television appearances.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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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: 1988.0783.070
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.070
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 in x 4 3/16 in x 1 5/16 in; 2.54 cm x 10.63625 cm x 3.33375 cm
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 3/4 in x 4 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.54 cm