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Sheet Music, In Room 202: Museum Object and Cultural History

Sheet Music, In Room 202: date made: 1919. maker: Leslie, Edgar. maker: Kalmar, Bert.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Hotel rooms are commonly numbered, as in this song about doings in one such room. The words are by Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar, wit music by Dave Harris.The cover shows someone opening the door to the numbered room.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • date made: 1919
  • maker: Leslie, Edgar
  • maker: Kalmar, Bert
  • maker: Harris, Dave
  • Object Name: sheet music
  • Physical Description: paper (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 22.9 cm x 30.6 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/32 in x 12 1/16 in
  • place made: United States: New York, New York
  • Subject: Mathematics
  • Subject: Music
  • ID Number: 1988.3086.099
  • nonaccession number: 1988.3086
  • catalog number: 1988.3086.099
  • Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.

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