Hohner Marine Band Double Bell Harmonica
name: label: maker
content: Hohner, M.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by M. Hohner in Germany, undetermined date. It is a Marine Band Double Bell model, with 20 double holes, 40 reeds, and 2 bells. This harmonica has a brown stained wooden comb with stamped decoration and metal cover plates attached to the top and bottom with nails. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TRADE MARK<br>[awards]<br>M.Hohner</p>
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content: <p>(and):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE IN GERMANY<br>MARINE BAND<br>M. HOHNER<br>U.S.A. PATENT AUG 24TH 1897</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent #588920, dated August 24, 1897, for an improvement in mouth-harmonicas, submitted by Jacob Hohner.</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: 1988.0783.357
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.357
label: patent number
content: 588920
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 2 7/16 in; 4.1275 cm x 19.05 cm x 6.19125 cm