“The Captain Told the Mate”
date: label: date made
content: 1901
name: label: performer
content: Powers, James T.
label: publisher
content: T. B. Harms & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “The Captain Told the Mate” that was written and composed by W.H. Wallis. The sheet music was published by T.B. Harms & Company of London, England in 1901. The cover features an illustration of a large circular life preserver in the center, with an illustration of a captain smoking a cigar in the foreground. There is an inset photograph of James T. Powers, who performed the song in the show <i>A Princess of Kensington.</i>
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: 1983.0424.082
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.082
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 in x 10 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 27.305 cm