"Wasting Love on You": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Wasting Love on You": date made: early 1930s. manufacturer: Imperial. Object Name: player piano roll.
The object in the museum catalogue
This piano roll was made by Imperial Player Roll Company in Chicago, Illinois, early 1930s. It is roll #7649 – “Wasting My Love on You,” with music by Harry Warren and words by Edgar Leslie, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: early 1930s
- manufacturer: Imperial
- Object Name: player piano roll
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 1/8 in x 12 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x 31.75 cm x 5.715 cm
- place made: United States: Illinois, Chicago
- ID Number: MI.71.12.05
- accession number: 292526
- catalog number: 71.12.05
- maker number: 07649
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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