Music stand used by Joseph Fernandez de Coca
date: label: date made
content: around 1910s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Music stand used by Joseph Fernandez de Coca as conductor and leader of bands in vaudeville and other performances around the 1910s-1930s. The stand has a cast-iron base with three legs and a decorative scalloped design, metal shaft with screw to adjust height, and a wood tray with lyre-like decorative elements on bookplate and a folding shelf. Joseph Fernandez de Coca's daughter Imogene Coca kept this stand as a reminder of her father following his death.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Musicians
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mark Basile
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0102.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0102
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0102.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: music stand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (stand material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (pole material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 21 in x 13 in; 137.16 cm x 53.34 cm x 33.02 cm