Bakelite Organ Keys
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1924
label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: J.C. Deagan, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Box of Bakelite organ keys with a “J. C. DEAGAN, INC. / CHICAGO / U.S.A.” inscription. John Calhoun Deagan (1853-1934) was a clarinetist who began manufacturing musical instruments in St. Louis, in 1880, and moved to Chicago in the early twentieth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Union Carbide Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0976.54
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0976.54
label: accession number
content: 1981.0976
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Carillon Organ
label: Object Name
content: organ
label: Object Name
content: organ keys
label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Organ Keys
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bakelite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 mm x 108 mm x 235 mm; 2 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 23.495 cm x 10.795 cm