Oh Dem Golden Slippers: Museum Object and Cultural History
Oh Dem Golden Slippers: date made: 1935. depicted (sitter): Autry, Gene. maker: Calumet Music Company.
The object in the museum catalogue
"Oh Dem Golden Slippers." Arranged by Nick Manoloff. (Calumet Music Co., 1935)
White paper cover with yellow and black ink. White paper inside pages with black ink. Cover features a black and white photograph of Gene Autry holding a lasso and wearing a cowboy hat. Cover also features drawing of an African-American man sitting on a barrel and holding playing a guitar.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1935
- depicted (sitter): Autry, Gene
- maker: Calumet Music Company
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: 2014.3013.128
- nonaccession number: 2014.3013
- catalog number: 2014.3013.128
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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