"Yankee Doodle Blues": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Yankee Doodle Blues": publishing date: 1922. depicted (sitter): Jolson, Al. publisher: Irving Berlin Inc..
The object in the museum catalogue
This sheet music is for the song “Yankee Doodle Blues,” with words by Irving Caesar and B. G. De Sylva and music by George Gershwin. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1922. The cover features an image of Al Jolson.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1922
- depicted (sitter): Jolson, Al
- publisher: Irving Berlin Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1986.0315.11
- accession number: 1986.0315
- catalog number: 1986.0315.11
- Credit Line: Gift of Roger B. White
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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