Snare drum
Maker
Lyon & Healy
Date1920 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelBoy Scout
Serial No.L62305
SignedPaper label inside drum shell: Est. 1864 / Lyon & Healy / Factories: Healy station / Warerooms: Wabash Ave. at Jackson / CHICAGO / L62305 3-20.MarkingsOriginal gold lettering on shell: Boy Scout
Written in ink on the batter head: Ellsworth Prather / Troop 2 / Brookings, S. Dak.
DescriptionWood shell and rims, maroon finish. Rope tension. Snare adjuster.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 289 mm (11-3/8 in)
Head diameter: 346 mm (13-5/8 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 181-183.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02977
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