"My Great, Great, Grandfather": Museum Object and Cultural History
"My Great, Great, Grandfather": date made: 1942. Object Name: sheet music. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music for the song "My Great, Great, Grandfather" was written by Edna Fischer and Al Garman, and published by Tele-Mus Publishing, Co., Inc., in Hollywood, California, in 1942. On the cover there is an image of actors J. Anthony Smythe and Minetta Ellen from the radio soap opera One Man's Family. This song was featured in the radio program. One Man's Family, created by Carlton E. Morse, and was on air from 1932 to 1959.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1942
- Object Name: sheet music
- 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: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
- ID Number: 2016.0093.01
- accession number: 2016.0093
- catalog number: 2016.0093.01
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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