"The Holy City": Museum Object and Cultural History
"The Holy City": manufacturing date: after 1893. manufacturer: Regina Music Box Company. Object Name: music box disc.
The object in the museum catalogue
This music box disc was made by Regina Music Box Co. in Rahway, New Jersey, after 1893. It is Regina Disc #1575 - "The Holy City," by Stephen Adams [Michael Maybrick]. This disc is playable in a Regina Disc Music Box that can accommodate a 15-1/2” 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: after 1893
- manufacturer: Regina Music Box Company
- Object Name: music box disc
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 15 1/2 in; 39.37 cm
- place made: United States: New Jersey, Rahway
- ID Number: MI.378567.05
- catalog number: 378567.05
- accession number: 144168
- Credit Line: Gift of R. Claben
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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