Sheet Music, On the 5.15: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, On the 5.15: date made: 1914. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
The object in the museum catalogue
By the early twentieth century, Americans routinely described the events of a day by the time at whcih they occur - including times related to the public transit they took. The lyrics of this song are by Stanley Murphy, the music by Henry I. Mitchell. Part of a train schedule is shown on the front.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1914
- Object Name: Sheet Music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 26.8 cm x 34.6 cm; 1/32 in x 10 9/16 in x 13 5/8 in
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.003
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.003
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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