Flutes in the Dayton C. Miller Collection, Cleveland, Ohio

Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (on photo, in black) Flutes / Dayton C. Miller Collection / Cleveland, Ohio, 1928; Verso: l. l.: (in pencil) 049
Provenance: Bequest of Dayton C. Miller, Cleveland, Ohio, 22 May 1941.
There are two other photographs of this scene in the Dayton C. Miller Collection of photographs, nos. 1 and 12.
Condition: Good condition.

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.