Sheet Music, Three Steps to the Phone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Three Steps to the Phone: date made: 1961. maker: Howard, Harlan. Object Name: sheet music.
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This song contrasts physical distance - three steps to make a phone call or eight steps to open a door - with the distant separation of estranged lovers. The composition is by Harlan Howard.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1961
- maker: Howard, Harlan
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 23 cm x 30.3 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 11 15/16 in
- place made: United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.119
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.119
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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