"Break the News To Mother"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1916
name: label: publisher
content: Chas. K. Harris
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song, “Break the News To Mother,” with words and music by Charles K. Harris. It was published by Charles K. Harris in New York, New York in 1916. This song was originally published in 1897.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by brothers William Starmer (1872-1957) and Frederick Starmer (1878-1962) Born and raised in England, the brothers moved with their family to New York, William in 1898 and Frederick in 1899. The Starmer Brothers flourished until 1929. William became a U.S. citizen in 1924, while Frederick returned to England in 1929.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sheet Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Susan O. Ostroff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0693.10
label: accession number
content: 1988.0693
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0693.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 34.925 cm x 27.305 cm