Sheet Music, Three Wonderful Letters from Home: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sheet Music, Three Wonderful Letters from Home: date made: 1918. maker: Goodwin, Joe. maker: MacDonald, Ballard.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sometimes people counted letters. The cover shows three people writing letters - the mother, the wife and the son of a soldier. Military sights are in the background. The words of this song are by Joe Goodwin and Ballard Macdonald, with music by James F. Hanley.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1918
- maker: Goodwin, Joe
- maker: MacDonald, Ballard
- maker: Hanley, James F.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: .1 cm x 26.6 cm x 34.4 cm; 1/32 in x 10 15/32 in x 13 17/32 in
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- Subject: Mathematics
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 1988.3086.098
- nonaccession number: 1988.3086
- catalog number: 1988.3086.098
- Credit Line: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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