"Waiting For the Robert E Lee": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Waiting For the Robert E Lee": publishing date: 1912. publisher: F. A. Mills. Object Name: sheet music.
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Waiting For the Robert E. Lee,” with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Lewis Muir. It was published by F. A. Mills in New York, New York in 1912. The cover features an inset image of vaudevillians Johnny Dale and Murray Harris and indicates that this was “Al Jolson’s Big Hit in the Winter Garden,”
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1912
- publisher: F. A. Mills
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1985.0238.16
- accession number: 1985.0238
- catalog number: 1985.0238.16
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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