Horstmann & Sons Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1830 - 1857
name: label: maker
content: Horstmann, William H. & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by William H. Horstmann & Sons, In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, around 1830-1857. It has a dark-brown stained wood shell with a pattern of 64 brass tacks around the sound hole, and two skin heads. There are two black-painted wood hoops drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The printed label is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WM.H.HORSTMANN & SONS,<br>MILITARY FURNISHERS<br>No. 51 North Third Street<br>PHILADELPHIA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Hortsmann, born in Germany, emigrated to the United States and established himself as a maker of fringe, laces, and trimmings in Philadelphia, in 1815. William Horstmann & Sons were located at North Third Street between 1830 and 1857, manufacturing and importing everything from textiles and trimmings to military goods including drums, pistols, and swords. As the company expanded, Horstmann & Sons moved the factory to 5th and Cherry Streets and their storefront to 2223 Chestnut Street. Later the company would grow to two stores in New York and an agency in Paris. William Horstmann retired from the company in 1845, and his sons, William and Sigmund continued the family business until 1872.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>According to the donor, this drum was picked up by a soldier by the name of Dunlevy from the Battle of the Wilderness, fought on May 5-6, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1864.</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: Percussion
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Wesley P. Rodgers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.070935
label: accession number
content: 279458
label: catalog number
content: 70935
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 16 3/4 in x 16 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 42.545 cm x 42.545 cm