"Red, White, and Blue"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This roller organ roll was made by an undetermined maker in the United States, about 1885. It is roll #279 - "Red, White, and Blue." This roll is playable in 20-note roller organs.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This roller organ roll features U. S. Patent #333390, dated July 14, 1885, by Henry B. Morris for a barrel for mechanical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
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: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hobert W. and Virginia A. Turner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0843.08
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0843.08
label: accession number
content: 1984.0843
label: maker number
content: 279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: roller organ roll
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 2 in; 15.875 cm x 5.08 cm