Squier Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1925
name: label: maker
content: Squier, Victor Carroll
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by Victor Carroll Squier of Michigan in 1925. Victor Squier established a violin and string manufacturing company in Battle Creek, Michigan and was known as “the American Stradivarius” for his high-quality work. This violin was made for his niece Olive, for her high school graduation. The violin was played by Olive until the varnish wore off and she purchased a new violin in 1962. She continued to perform until 1990 but rarely used the Squier violin again.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Michigan, Battle Creek
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gregory M. Parkes, Jonathan R. Parkes, and Judith P. Roelofs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0275.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0275
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0275.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 35.9 cm x 16.7 cm x 3.1 cm; 14 1/8 in x 6 9/16 in x 1 1/4 in