“A Little Story”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1898
name: label: composer; lyricist
content: Van de Water, Beardsley
label: publisher
content: Luckhardt & Belder
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “A Little Story” was written and composed by Beardsley Van de Water and published by Luckhardt and Belder of New York, New York in 1898. The sheet music appeared as a supplement to the “New York Herald” on June 28, 1903. The cover features an illustration of a little child in bed with the covers pulled up to its eyes. An owl is perched on the line framing the music.
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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0440.62
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.62
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: 14 1/8 in x 10 5/16 in; 35.8775 cm x 26.2255 cm