Box, Melodeon
- Object Name:
- Box, Melodeon
- Object ID:
- 1967.063.50
- Date:
- 1850-1860
- Description:
- Melodeon box. Rectangular wooden box with hinged lid. Paper lining torn off, showing some reverse lettering on box. Paper label on top, in ink: "Mrs. Joseph W. Prescott." Lock and key. Key has chamois tag reading "Melodion Box."
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-6.8 W-23.75 D-13 inches
- Provenance:
- Mary Peterson Whittle (1823-1917) married Joseph W. Prescott (1824-1888), a melodeon maker in Concord, NH. She was the great aunt of the donors, Ruth A. Woodbury (1902-1985) and Dorcas L. Woodbury (1907-1980).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth A. Woodbury and Dorcas L. Woodbury
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