Jack Snyder’s Self-Instructor for the Ukulele and Ukulele-banjo: Museum Object and Cultural History
Jack Snyder’s Self-Instructor for the Ukulele and Ukulele-banjo: publishing date: 1924. publisher: Jack Snyder Publishing Co. Inc.. Object Name: song book.
The object in the museum catalogue
This song book, Jack Snyder’s Self-Instructor for the Ukulele and Ukulele-banjo was published by Jack Snyder Publishing Co. in New York, New York in 1924.
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: 1924
- publisher: Jack Snyder Publishing Co. Inc.
- Object Name: song book
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 25.3 cm x 17.5 cm; 9 15/16 in x 6 7/8 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1987.0914.18
- accession number: 1987.0914
- catalog number: 1987.0914.18
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Ostroff
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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