"Charmaine": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Charmaine": publishing date: 1926. publisher: Sherman, Clay and Co.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Charmaine,” by Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack. It was published by Sherman Clay and Co. in San Francisco, California in 1926.
The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created numerous works of cover art for sheet music and albums.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1926
- publisher: Sherman, Clay and Co.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm
- place made: United States: California, San Francisco
- ID Number: 1985.0403.03
- accession number: 1985.0403
- catalog number: 1985.0403.03
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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