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Title: F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finished bell, Los Angeles, 1933-1939
Contributor: Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1933 to 1939]
1933/1939
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Connell (Will) Papers
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Close-up view of the bell of an F. E. Olds Military trumpet with a hammered finish. This line was introduced in about 1933. Engraving visible near the end includes the wing of an American bald eagle above "Olds" and "Military Model."
F. E. Olds was a manufacturer of musical instruments founded by Frank Ellsworth Olds in Los Angeles, in the early 1900s. The company made brass instruments, especially trombones, cornets, and trumpets. Olds was joined by his son Reginald Birdsall (R.B.) Olds in 1920. The company was purchased by Chicago Musical Instruments after World War II, and went out of business in 1979.
Text from negative sleeve: Olds Instruments
Type
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_893_0052
ark:/21198/zz002j8zxs
Subject: Trumpets
F. E. Olds and Son (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Connell (Will) Papers

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