Cornet Case
date: label: date made
content: 1915-1925
name: label: maker
content: Blessing, Emil K.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This cornet case was made by Emil K. Blessing in Elkhart, Indiana, 1915-1925. It is made of wood and fiberboard, covered with brown-stained leather, metal fittings, leather-covered handle, and red plush interior. There is a metal “Blessing” badge on the top of the case.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Accessioned with Blessing cornet (1990.0290.01). The cornet, with case, was previously owned and used by the donors’ father, Francis Morton Messick (1908-1969).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James Robert Messick and Frederick M. Messick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0290.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0290.01.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0290
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case with accessories
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fiberboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in x 11 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 45.085 cm x 28.8925 cm