"My Dinah": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This music box disc was made by Regina Music Box Co. in Rahway, New Jersey, about 1899. It is Regina Disc #4344 - "My Dinah," by Sidney L. Perrin. This disc is playable in a Regina Disc Music Box that can accommodate a 27” diameter disc.

U. S. Patent #417649, dated December 17, 1889 by Oskar Paul Lochmann for a music plate for mechanical instruments.

U. S. Patent #500374, dated June 27, 1893 by Gustav A. Brachhausen and Paul Riessner for a note-plate for music boxes.

Materials, dates and provenance

• manufacturing date: ca 1900
• user: Meggers, Edith R.
• manufacturer: Regina Music Box Company
• Object Name: music box disc
• Object Name: disc
• Physical Description: metal (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 27 in; x 68.58 cm
• place made: United States: New Jersey, Rahway
• ID Number: MI.74.12.30
• catalog number: 74.12.30
• accession number: 314637
• maker number: 4344
• Credit Line: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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