Artifact Details

Title

Player Piano Roll

Catalog Number

102783157

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a player piano roll titled, "Oh What a Pal Was Mary".There is a white sticker on the front of the roll with "Q.R.S" printed at the top in red followed by additional information about the music series. Below the title is the following information, "Waltz," "Words by Leslie and Kalmar," " Music by Pete Wendling," "Played by Ted Baxter and Max Korlander," "Pub. by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1919." At the end of the paper roll, there is a cloth pull tap reading "QRS Co. Chicago, Ill. Patent applied for." At either end of the roll, there is a black plastic, end cap

Date

1919

Place Manufactured

Chicago, Ill.

Identifying Numbers

Other number 1.25 This indicates the price. Printed on the front of the roll.
Other number 886 Printed below the words "autograph WORD ROLL"

Dimensions

overall: 12 in x 2 in x 2 in

Category

Memory & storage/other

Credit

Gift of Knute and Ginna Miller

Lot Number

X8832.2019