"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows": Museum Object and Cultural History
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows": publishing date: 1918. publisher: McCarthy and Fisher Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
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This sheet music is for the song “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows,” with music by Harry Carroll and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. It was published by McCarthy and Fisher, Inc. in New York, New York in 1918. This song was featured in the Broadway musical Oh, Look!, with book by James Montgomery, music by Harry Carroll, and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy. Oh, Look! opened at the Vanderbilt Theater on March 7, 1918. This musical was later revised for a touring company featuring the Dolly Sisters.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1918
- publisher: McCarthy and Fisher Inc.
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- associated subject: Comedy
- associated subject: Theater
- ID Number: 1983.0692.19
- accession number: 1983.0692
- catalog number: 1983.0692.19
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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