"The Future Mrs. Awkins": Museum Object and Cultural History
"The Future Mrs. Awkins": date made: ca 1885. user: Meggers, Edith R.. Object Name: roller organ roll.
The object in the museum catalogue
This roller organ roll was made by an undetermined maker in the United States, about 1885. It is roll #1025 - "The Future Mrs. Awkins." This roll is playable in 20-note roller organs.
This roller organ roll features U. S. Patent #333390, dated July 14, 1885, by Henry B. Morris for a barrel for mechanical musical instruments.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1885
- user: Meggers, Edith R.
- Object Name: roller organ roll
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.875 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: MI.74.11a.25
- catalog number: 74.11a.25
- accession number: 314637
- Credit Line: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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