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Nan and Gil Join the Band: Museum Object and Cultural History

Nan and Gil Join the Band: date made: 1958. Object Name: comic book. Physical Description: paper (overall material).

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The object in the museum catalogue

1958 comic book, Nan and Gil Join the Band published by H.A. Selmer, an instrument dealer in Elkhart, Indiana. The comic was meant to encourage young people to take up instruments.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • date made: 1958
  • Object Name: comic book
  • Physical Description: paper (overall material)
  • Physical Description: ink (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 9 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 24.765 cm x 17.145 cm
  • place made: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
  • Subject: Music
  • Subject: High School
  • web subject: Comics
  • ID Number: 2015.3005.016
  • nonaccession number: 2015.3005
  • catalog number: 2015.3005.016
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.

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