"Wagon Wheels": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Wagon Wheels": publishing date: 1934. publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song, “Wagon Wheels,” with lyrics by Billy Hill and music by Peter De Rose. It was published by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co., Inc. in New York, New York in 1934.
”Wagon Wheels” was featured as the title song in the 1934 Paramount Pictures Western film, Wagon Wheels, directed by Charles Barton and starred Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick.
There is an inset image of American singer and actor Everett Marshall (1901-1965) on the cover. Marshall performed this song in the Broadway revue, Ziegfield Follies of 1934 at the Winter Garden Theatre.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1934
- publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1985.0637.15
- accession number: 1985.0637
- catalog number: 1985.0637.15
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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