"Sports and Joys of Spring": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Sports and Joys of Spring": publishing date: 1854. publisher: C. H. Keith. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for for the song, "The Sports and Joys of Fishing” by "Bung." It was published by C. H. Keith in Boston, Massachusetts in 1854. As indicated on the cover, this was a "humorous song as sung by Ossian’s Bards."
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1854
- publisher: C. H. Keith
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 34.29 cm x 26.035 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- ID Number: 1986.0512.03
- accession number: 1986.0512
- catalog number: 1986.0512.03
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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