Object Details
- Description (Brief)
This music strip was made by an unknown maker in the United States, around 1880-1890. It is a music strip (6 ¾ feet long) - "Oh! Susanna,” by Stephen Foster. This strip can be played in 14-note organettes.
As indicated in an 1885 Catalog of Music for the Orguinette, the price of music was 4 cents per foot. The length of the music strip indicated above, is from the catalog.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1880-1890
- Credit Line
- Gift of May Flewellen McMillan, Ph.D., in memory of Charles Edward McMillan and Eugene Charlton McMillan, Jr., M.D.
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: rolled: 9 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 23.495 cm x 5.715 cm
- Object Name
- music strip
