Children's Cowboy Songs: Museum Object and Cultural History
Children's Cowboy Songs: publishing date: 1946. publisher: Edward Schuberth and Company. Object Name: song book / coloring book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Children's Cowboy Songs song book and coloring book published by Edward Schuberth and Company in New York, New York, in 1946. The cover, by artist Albert Barbelle, features a multi-color ink image depicting a boy and a girl riding horses.
The cover art for this song book was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created cover art for sheet music and albums.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1946
- publisher: Edward Schuberth and Company
- Object Name: song book / coloring book
- 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: 2013.0253.01
- accession number: 2013.0253
- catalog number: 2013.0253.01
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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