Object Details
- unspecified
- U.S. War Department
- Description
This snare drum was made by A. Rogers in Flushing, New York, around 1862-1864. It has a blue-painted shell with a painted eagle design with a banner held in the eagle’s beak inscribed “REG: U.S. INFANTRY,” and two skin heads. There are two red-painted wood hoops drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The shell is reinforced with brass tacks in a design around the vent hole. There is a printed label inside the shell that is inscribed:
MANUFACTURED
BY
A. ROGERS,
FLUSHING, L.I.A. Rogers was one of many drum makers which were granted contracts to produce drums for the Army. This drum, like many of the era, most likely was an Army surplus drum as it lacks any specific regiment markings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Transfer from U.S. War Department
- 1862 - 1864
- ID Number
- MI.025226
- catalog number
- 25226
- accession number
- 64127
- Object Name
- drum
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 20 in x 20 in; 45.72 cm x 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Queens, Flushing
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Percussion
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605480
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-319b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
