"White Christmas": Museum Object and Cultural History
"White Christmas": date made: 1942. Associated Name: Berlin, Irving. Associated Name: Crosby, Bing.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sheet music for Irving Berlin’s song “White Christmas” from the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn. Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star alongside featured actors Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, and Walter Abel. Holiday Inn won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “White Christmas” in 1943 and it has since become an iconic Christmas song.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1942
- Associated Name: Berlin, Irving
- Associated Name: Crosby, Bing
- Associated Name: Astaire, Fred
- maker: Irving Berlin, 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 City
- Subject: Music
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Christmas
- Subject: War Bonds
- Subject: Entertainment, Film
- ID Number: 2014.3013.260
- nonaccession number: 2014.3013
- catalog number: 2014.3013.260
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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