Sheet Music, In Pound, Wisconsin (It's Just an Ounce in Size): Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, In Pound, Wisconsin (It's Just an Ounce in Size): date made: 1944. maker: McDermott, Alfred. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
Units of Weight occasionally enter into the titles and lyrics of songs. The composer and lyricist for this piece, Alfred McDermott, described his town of Pound, Wisconsin, as something much smaller - "just an ounce in size."
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1944
- maker: McDermott, Alfred
- 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: Wisconsin, Pound
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.113
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.113
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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