Rogers Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1862 - 1864
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. War Department
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This snare drum was made by A. Rogers in Flushing, New York, around 1862-1864. It has a blue-painted shell with a painted eagle design with a banner held in the eagle’s beak inscribed “REG: U.S. INFANTRY,” and two skin heads. There are two red-painted wood hoops drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The shell is reinforced with brass tacks in a design around the vent hole. There is a printed label inside the shell that is inscribed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MANUFACTURED<br>BY<br>A. ROGERS,<br>FLUSHING, L.I.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A. Rogers was one of many drum makers which were granted contracts to produce drums for the Army. This drum, like many of the era, most likely was an Army surplus drum as it lacks any specific regiment markings.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Queens, Flushing
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from U.S. War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.025226
label: catalog number
content: 25226
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 20 in x 20 in; 45.72 cm x 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm