Sheet Music, A Number in My Address Book: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, A Number in My Address Book: date made: 1964. composer: Stech-Curran, Dolly O.. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
In the mid-twentieth century, many Americans carefully recorded the names, addresses and telephone numbers of acquaintances in address books. This song by Dolly O. Stech-Curran describes an affectionate soul who wants someone else to be more than "a number in my address book."
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1964
- composer: Stech-Curran, Dolly O.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23 cm x 30.5 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 in
- place made: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.122
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.122
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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