Chaps, worn by Johnny Puleo
notes: label: Description
content: <p>These chaps were made by an unknown maker in the United States, undetermined date. They are made of brown leather with a leather belt attached to the front. There is leather fringe on sides and bottom of chaps and a metal disk with leather fringe in center on the chaps front. There is a "JP" logo on each chap.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>These chaps were previously owned and worn by Johnny Puleo (1907-1983), an American harmonica player and actor. Puleo got his big break after performing at a contest held by harmonica player and actor, Borrah Minevitch (born Boruch Meinewitz, 1902-1955), and leader of the group The Harmonica Rascals. After Minevitch’s death in 1955, Puleo formed his own group, The Harmonica Gang. The group performed throughout the world and made several recordings during their association. Puleo appeared in several television programs and films.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Josephine M. DeRosa and Louise H. Puleo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0264.04
label: accession number
content: 1991.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0264.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chaps
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 13 7/8 in x 1 in; 91.44 cm x 35.2425 cm x 2.54 cm