“Eulah! Eulah! (My Indian Maid)”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Eulah! Eulah! (My Indian Maid)”: date made: 1902. performer: Hoffmann, Gertrude. publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein and Co..
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This sheet music is for the song “Eulah! Eulah! (My Indian Maid)” that was written and composed by Max Hoffmann. The sheet music was published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Company in 1902. The purple cover has an illustration of an Indian woman with a feather in her hair, and an inset photograph of Miss Gertrude Hoffmann reclining at a bench in the lower left corner of the cover. Gertrude and Max Hoffmann were married and she would often perform songs he had composed.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1902
- performer: Hoffmann, Gertrude
- publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein and Co.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1983.0424.080
- accession number: 1983.0424
- catalog number: 1983.0424.080
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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