Nor-Cos Pocket Organ Player Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: ca 1954
name: label: maker
content: Pla-rola Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harmonica was made by the Nor-Cos Corporation in Easton, Maryland, about 1954. It is a Pocket Player model with a built in harmonica with 16 single holes and 32 reeds, and plays a perforated paper roll. This harmonica and outer case are made of red molded plastic. The outer case has a mouth piece, 2 sprockets, and two 2 handles. Accessioned with original storage box, 3 song rolls, and a sheet of instructions. It is cast:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>NOR-COS POCKET ORGAN</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harmonic features U.S. Patent #2694333, dated November 16, 1954, by Vincent A. Costello assignor to the Nor-Cos Corporation.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Easton
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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: 1988.0783.546
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.546
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 9.525 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: harmonica: 2 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 6.35 cm x 16.1925 cm x 10.4775 cm
label: Measurements
content: roll: 4 9/16 in x 15/16 in; 11.58875 cm x 2.38125 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/8 in x 7 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 17.78 cm x 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: leaflet: 8 9/16 in x 4 1/16 in; 21.74875 cm x 10.31875 cm