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Drum

Object number2019.26.1

Manufacturer AMRAWCO

Date1940-1949

MediumWood; Metal; Vellum (?); Paint

Credit LineGift of John and Jeanine Lindberg

DescriptionLarge band drum. One side of drum is yellow with black text throughout, and the other side if plain with a faint black maker's mark stamped onto side.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 26 × 24.75 × 15 in. (66 × 62.9 × 38.1 cm)
Inscriptions"ITALIAN SONS & DAUGHTERS of AMERICA / LODGE / Guiseppe Verdi No. 89 / BAND / Prof. V. Masdea DIRECTOR / PITTSBURGH, PA.".
MarksMaker's mark on back reads: "AMRAWCO / Standard".
Historical NotesThis drum is from the Italian Sons and Daughter of America Lodge 89. It once belonged to Eugene “Babe” Fabrizi, the house drummer at the Holiday House in Monroeville, Pennsylvania. Donor John Lindberg took drum lessons from Fabrizi as a youth and remembers the painted drum head on display at his shop. After Fabrizi died, a man named John Smith from Latrobe bought the drum. Years later, Lindberg acquired the drum from Smith as payment for his participation in the Lawrenceville Historical Society’s annual Doo Dah Days.

Previous owner Eugene Fabrizi

Related institution Italian Sons and Daughters of America

Previous owner John Smith

Related institution Lawrenceville Historical Society

Related person Vincent Masdea

Related institution Holiday House

Previous owner John Lindberg

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