“Three Jolly Sailors”: Museum Object and Cultural History
“Three Jolly Sailors”: publishing date: 1936. publisher: Theodore Presser Company. Object Name: sheet music.
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The sheet music for the song "Three Jolly Sailors" was written by Louise E. Stairs and published by the Theodore Presser Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1936. The cover is white and has blue text and an illustration of three boys riding on a raft down a river, and one boy is standing with a pole propelling the raft downstream.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1936
- publisher: Theodore Presser Company
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 23.495 cm
- Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- ID Number: 1982.0439.12
- accession number: 1982.0439
- catalog number: 1982.0439.012
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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