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Immigrant's Violin Author: No authors specified. Date: 1855 James Limerick brought this violin from Kentucky to Kansas Territory in 1855. Limerick played the violin around campsites in the evenings. The Limerick family settled at Rock Creek in Pottawatomie County, near the James Darnell family whom they met on the trail. Limerick eventually gave the violin to the Darnells. Location of Original: KSHS/Kansas Museum of History Call Number: 1959.12.9, Musical T&E, Stringed/Violin Item Number: 102664 Number of images: 1 Keywords: Darnell, James; Entertainment; Immigration (see Emigration and immigration); Irish; Limerick, James; Music; Objects; Pottawatomie County, Kansas Territory; Settlement Additional Information: http://www.kshs.org/cool3/violin.htm |
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