Bugle
notes: label: Description
content: During World War II, when brass was needed for other purposes, the Quartermaster of the U.S. Army ordered 10,000 plastic bugles from the Chicago Musical Instrument Company. These instruments were made by the Elmer E. Mills Corporation, also of Chicago, and credit for the invention was given to Frank Aman, an employee of, that firm. The inscription on this example reads "AMAN / Official Bugle / Made in U.S.A."
label: Description
content: Ref: “Plastic Bugles New, But Sing Same Old Tune,” Chicago Tribune (Feb. 7, 1943), p. N6.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Maurice H. Berlin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0622.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0622.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0622
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bugle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 45.7 cm x 11.5 cm x 14 cm; 18 in x 4 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; mouth piece and bugle: 4 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 18 in; 12.065 cm x 15.875 cm x 45.72 cm