"Old Folks at Home"
date: label: date made
content: 1896-1898
name: label: composer
content: Foster, Stephen Collins
label: maker
content: Mermod Freres
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This music box disc was made by Mermod Freres, in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1896-1898. It is Stella Disc #109 - "Old Folks at Home," by Stephen Foster. This disc is playable in Mermod Freres music box models, #63, #84, #126, #168, and #268, which can accommodate 17-1/4” diameter discs.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>According to the accession correspondence, the music box and accompanying discs were purchased by the donor in Worcester, Massachusetts, July 25. 1901</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland
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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: Mechanical Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louella C. Perry (through: James E. Farrell)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381443.43
label: catalog number
content: 381443.43
label: accession number
content: 159680
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music box disc
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/4 in; 43.815 cm