Sheet Music Shipping Crate: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music Shipping Crate: referenced business: Charles Scribner's Sons. Object Name: crate label. Physical Description: ink (crate label material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Scribner’s Radio Music Library was a nine volume set of sheet music published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1931. Each of the volumes contains the favorite radio songs of its particular type of music. Vol. #1 "Classic and Romatic Compositions," #2 "Modern Compositions,” #3 "Light compositions," #4 "Grand Opera Excerpts, "#5 "Light Opera and Ballet Excerpts," #6 "Standard and Modern Dance Music," #7 Opera Songs and Sacred Music," #8 "Favorite Songs of every Character," and #9 "Supplementary Compositions."
Materials, dates and provenance
- referenced business: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Object Name: crate label
- Physical Description: ink (crate label material)
- Physical Description: wood (substrate material)
- Measurements: crate label: 10 in x 13 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 34.29 cm
- ID Number: 1979.0441.343
- catalog number: 1979.0441.343
- accession number: 1979.0441
- Credit Line: L.E. Leininger
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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