Magnus Harmonica
date: label: date made
content: after 1945
name: label: maker
content: International Plastic Harmonica Corp.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica was made by the International Plastic Harmonica Corp. in Newark, New Jersey, after 1945. It is a Magnus model, with 10 single holes and 20 reeds. This harmonica has a gray plastic comb with green and white plastic cover plates adhered to top and bottom. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MAGNUS<br>REG. U.S.PAT. OFF.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>INTERNATIONAL<br>PLASTIC HARMONICA CORP.<br>NEWARK, N.J.<br>U.S. PATENT NO. 2373129<br>MADE IN U.S.A.<br>OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN<br>PATENTS PENDING</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This harmonica features U.S. Patent No. 2,373,129 dated April 10, 1945, for the construction of harmonica reed plates and reeds, by Finn H. Magnus of West Caldwell, New Jersey.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Peter Kassan Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0783.484
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.484
label: patent number
content: 2733129
objectType: label: Object Name
content: harmonica
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/16 in x 4 3/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 2.69875 cm x 10.63625 cm x 2.8575 cm