Big Brass Band Harmonica Box
name: label: maker
content: Wm. Kratt Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This harmonica box was made by Wm. Kratt Co. in the United States, undetermined date. It is a box for a Big Brass Band model harmonica. It is made of yellow and white paper with red and black ink. The box is marked:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Wm. Kratt<br>BIG BRASS BAND HARMONICA<br> A PROFESSIONAL INSTRUMENT, PRECISION TUNED SOLID BRASS PLATES, BRONZE REEDS</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>(and on the bottom):</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>LONNIE<br>GOLOSSON<br>AND<br>WAYNE<br>RANEY<br>PROFESSIONAL<br>TALKING HARMONICA</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Wayne Raney (1921-1993) was an American country singer, harmonica player, and radio personality. Raney was a well-known harmonica player who was able to make his harmonica "talk."</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Lonnie Elonzo Glosson (born Lonnie Marvin Glosson) (1908-2001) was an American country musician, songwriter, and radio personality.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Raney and Glosson began their partnership 1936, performing on radio and making recordings. By 1960, their partnership ended when Raney decided to establish a recording studio. Glosson went on to a solo career. In 1980, the duo reunited to make recordings.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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: 1988.0783.630
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0783.630
label: accession number
content: 1988.0783
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.4775 cm x 3.01625 cm