White Brothers Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1845 - 1864
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by the White Brothers in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1860-1862. It has a light brown wood shell, skin heads, and a gut snare. There are two wood hoops drilled with 8 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. There is a printed maker’s label inside the shell that is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE BY<br>WHITE BROTHER<br>86 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This drum was used by William M. Choate as a musician in the 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company K during the Civil War. Choate enlisted on July 19, 1862, served from August 22, 1862 until he was discharged for disability on February 12, 1863.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (rope)
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William W. Choate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.031840
label: catalog number
content: 31840
label: accession number
content: 67539
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rope (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 20 in x 20 in x 17 3/8 in; 40.64 cm x 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm x 44.1325 cm