Sheet Music, There's a Little Box of Pine on the 7:29: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, There's a Little Box of Pine on the 7:29: date made: 1932. maker: Ettlinger, Joseph. maker: Brown, George.
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 occurred - including times related to the public transit they took. This song tells the story of a prisoner who has died and is being sent home to his mother and girl friend on a train that wil arrive at 7:29. The words and music are by Joseph Ettlinger, George Brown and De Dette Lee.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1932
- maker: Ettlinger, Joseph
- maker: Brown, George
- maker: Lee, De Dette
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23.2 cm x 31 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/8 in x 12 7/32 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.107
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.107
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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