Just a guess,but Noble & Cooley were one of the biggest toy drum and marching snare makers of the time.They were making marching snares from the Civil War onward.Possibley J.W.Pepper.

Steve B

Brian - If you're talking about the one for sale at the place that shall remain unnamed... - can't get hurt for a buck-and-a-half. Looks well-made. A lot of those catalog drums came out of the Chicago and Boston drum manufacturing companies. All quality wood drums from that period. Old-world craftsmanship. I'm not crazy about the old-fashioned hardware and snares on them, but the shells are always well-made and the wood has aged and cured on them for 100 years. As long as it is in-round, you can always modernize the heads, snares and hardware to make it playable today.

John

Looks like you could have bought it new for $4.85 with rosewood sticks.. Cool Dude

http://books.google.com/books?id=pavHOWOWKEEC&pg=PA511&lpg=PA511&dq=sears+snare+drum&source=bl&ots=Sv8V-GPTo0&sig=lqfMyx-pPpj1ZvGu86LY9B0eCfM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jP1MUcHHDeLmyQHE4oGIDg&sqi=2&ved=0CE4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=sears%20snare%20drum&f=false

Thanks very much for the information, guys. I really appreciate the input!

Brian