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- "The New Conn Alto Saxophone" Brochure, circa 1932 - Virgil Exner's long career in design included time with General Motors, Raymond Loewy Associates, and Studebaker. Exner is best remembered for his work at Chrysler, where he headed design efforts from 1953 to 1961. Following his retirement from Chrysler, Exner consulted on multiple projects including concept cars, motorboats, and revivals of the Duesenberg and Stutz automobile brands.
- circa 1932
- Collections - Artifact
"The New Conn Alto Saxophone" Brochure, circa 1932
Virgil Exner's long career in design included time with General Motors, Raymond Loewy Associates, and Studebaker. Exner is best remembered for his work at Chrysler, where he headed design efforts from 1953 to 1961. Following his retirement from Chrysler, Exner consulted on multiple projects including concept cars, motorboats, and revivals of the Duesenberg and Stutz automobile brands.
- Sousaphone, Used by Henry Ford's Early American Orchestra, circa 1925 - Henry Ford put together an "Old Time Orchestra" to play at his old-fashioned dances. In the early years, the orchestra included a fiddle, dulcimer, cimbalom-and this sousaphone. Maurice Castel played it, later switching to a string bass. About 1938, Castel, skilled in watch and clock repair, left the orchestra to work with Ford's collection of antique timepieces.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Sousaphone, Used by Henry Ford's Early American Orchestra, circa 1925
Henry Ford put together an "Old Time Orchestra" to play at his old-fashioned dances. In the early years, the orchestra included a fiddle, dulcimer, cimbalom-and this sousaphone. Maurice Castel played it, later switching to a string bass. About 1938, Castel, skilled in watch and clock repair, left the orchestra to work with Ford's collection of antique timepieces.
- Trumpet, 1916 -
- 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Trumpet, 1916