Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Player piano roll in original box
Object Number:
Z.1779.5a-c
Date:
1910-1920
Medium:
Paper, cardboard, plastic
Dimensions:
box: 1 7/8 x 12 3/8 x 2 in. ( 4.8 x 31.4 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
printed paper label: on one end of box: "2618 / POOR BUTTERFLY / (From "New York Hippodrome") / Song / RAYMOND HUBBELL / 88 NOTE / IDEAL [superimposed on diamond containing the words "TRADE" and "MARK"] / MUSIC ROLL / The Rose Valley Co., Media, Pa."
Description:
Perforated pale blue paper player piano roll on cardboard cylinder with black plastic spool ends; "Poor Butterfly" from "New York Hippodrome"; in original cardboard box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
