Harmonica Collection

WW1 / 1915 / TRENCH MUSIC
Playing instruments in the German trenches

WW2, For Our Boys
This illustration portrays a young boy playing the harmonica beside a girl who is singing along, to provide entertainment for WW2 soldiers. Date: circa 1940s

Two men playing harmonica and accordion
Two men playing the harmonica and the accordion. early 20th century

Music cover, I Like Mountain Music, fox trot song, words by James Cavanaugh, music by Frank Weldon. With a signed photo of Florrie Forde, music hall singer. 1933

Private Tom Tedder playing the harmonica WW2 Date: circa 1940

Mouth Organs for the Trenches, WW1
A consignment of 1000 mouth-organs, presented to the Army Council by Sir Francis Trippel for distribution among troops at the front. Date: 1915

Mouth organs for British troops, 1915
The British Army on the march with the help of mouth organs, donating in their thousands after an appeal, providing much needed entertainment

Harmonica contest on the mall, Central Park Final championship. Poster announcing final championship of harmonica contest, showing boy playing harmonica. Date 1936 or 1937

Three Sea Scouts in a dinghy off TS Mercury
Three Sea Scouts in a dinghy off their training ship TS Mercury, enjoying the sound of the harmonica. circa 1912

German troops with homemade instruments
Unit of German soldiers during the First World War, posing with their homemade instruments!

Gipsies Dancing
Gipsy children in festive costume, dancing to the music of a harmonica and the beat of a drum

Musical Glasses
Sometimes known as a GLASS HARMONICA : glasses, filled with liquid to different depths, emit different notes when struck, giving a sound somewhat like a xylophone

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