Harry Moskovitz, 1904-1981, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Inscription: Recto: l. r.: (in black ink) To the Wm S. Haynes Co., / creators of my beautiful / flute, with my best wishes. / 1932 Harry Moskovitz; Verso: center: (in pencil) Harry Maskovitz [sic] / 2nd Flute / St. Louis Mo.; bottom edge, center: (in pencil) 295237.32
Provenance: William S. Haynes, Boston, date unknown.
This photograph was included in an exhibition organized by Nancy Toff, "Georges Barrère and the Flute in America," Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 12 Nov. 1994 - 4 Feb. 1995, cat. no. 148, pp. 64-65.

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.