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Universal Song Roll

Box
1900-1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box for a Universal Song Roll player-piano roll (E.1707-1990), The Lute Player ballad by F. Allitsen and W. Watson, played by Cyril Westbury. Title details are pasted onto one end of the box.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleUniversal Song Roll
Brief description
Box for a 'Universal Song Roll' player-piano roll (E.1707-1990), 'The Lute Player' ballad by F. Allitsen and W. Watson, played by Cyril Westbury. Title details are pasted onto one end of the box. Manufactured by Universal. Great Britain. 1900-25.
Physical description
Box for a Universal Song Roll player-piano roll (E.1707-1990), The Lute Player ballad by F. Allitsen and W. Watson, played by Cyril Westbury. Title details are pasted onto one end of the box.
Marks and inscriptions
Title details are pasted onto one end of the box.
Credit line
Given by Tony Smith
Production
E.1707-1990 is the song roll for which this is the box.
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. p.106 (illus.).
Collection
Accession number
E.1706-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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