“Happy Little Country Girl”: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This sheet music is for the song “Happy Little Country Girl” that Irving Berlin wrote and composed. The sheet music was published by the Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Company of New York City in 1913. The cover features an illustration of a young girl wearing a bonnet and carrying a small potted flower. Edward H. Pfeiffer signed the illustration “E.H. Pfeiffer” in the lower right corner of the cover.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1913
• composer; lyricist: Berlin, Irving
• publisher: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
• Object Name: sheet music
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm
• place made: United States: New York, New York
• ID Number: 1983.0424.106
• accession number: 1983.0424
• catalog number: 1983.0424.106
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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