Sheet Music, One in a Million: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, One in a Million: date made: 1936. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
The object in the museum catalogue
The numerical phrase "one in a million" to describe an unlikely occurence or unusual person was used at least as early as the eighteenth century and became quite common by the mid-twentieth century when this sheet music was published. The lyrics are by Sidney D. Mitchell with music by Lew Pollock. This copy includes only the cover.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1936
- Object Name: Sheet Music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23.4 cm x 31 cm; 1/32 in x 9 7/32 in x 12 7/32 in
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.009
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.009
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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