Sheet Music, Sweet Sixteens: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Sweet Sixteens: date made: 1908. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.
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From at least the nineteenth century the phrase "sweet sixteen" has been used to refer to young women of that age. This march by Kerry Mills (without words in this sheet music) shows on the cover six young women described in the title as "sweet sixteens."
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1908
- Object Name: Sheet Music
- Object Type: Sheet Music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 27 cm x 34.5 cm; 1/32 in x 10 5/8 in x 13 19/32 in
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.032
- catalog number: 1988.3086.032
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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