DCM 1396: The Tonette Company Toy Whistle Flute, "Bugle Boy"

Small four-note whistle, in bugle/trumpet form, composed of a black plastic body with yellow plastic bell and mouthpiece fused into position. The 4 available notes outline 4 of the standard 5 bugle call notes.
Instrument type: Toy Whistle Flute, "Bugle Boy"
Medium: Styrene plastic.; 13.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/3 holes.
Mark Maximum: TRADE MARK REG. / U.S. PAT. D. 11512 / OTHER PATS. PENDING // BUGLE BOY
Condition: Playable.
Provenance: Music store?, Columbus, Ohio, 28 Dec. 1939.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.