“The Captain Told the Mate”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“The Captain Told the Mate”: date made: 1901. performer: Powers, James T.. publisher: T. B. Harms & Co..
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “The Captain Told the Mate” that was written and composed by W.H. Wallis. The sheet music was published by T.B. Harms & Company of London, England in 1901. The cover features an illustration of a large circular life preserver in the center, with an illustration of a captain smoking a cigar in the foreground. There is an inset photograph of James T. Powers, who performed the song in the show A Princess of Kensington.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1901
- performer: Powers, James T.
- publisher: T. B. Harms & Co.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 27.305 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1983.0424.082
- accession number: 1983.0424
- catalog number: 1983.0424.082
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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