Roy Rogers Riders Harmonica
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Rogers, Roy
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by an undetermined maker, undetermined date. It is a Roy Rogers Riders model, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a black and white plastic comb attached to the top and bottom. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>KING OF THE COWBOYS<br>ROY ROGERS RIDERS<br>HARMONICA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent #2,317,425, dated April 27, 1943 for the manufacture of harmonicas submitted by Charles E. Wetzler and Paul F. Boehm assignors to The United States Harmonica Corporation.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: 1988.0783.293
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.293
label: patent number
content: 2317425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 4 3/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 10.63625 cm x 2.8575 cm