“Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1922
name: label: composer
content: Gallagher, Edward
label: composer
content: Shean, Al
label: publisher
content: Jack Mills, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean” that was “written and composed by themselves about themselves” and featured in the show “Ziegfeld’s Follies.”This sheet music was published by Jack Mills Inc. of New York, New York in 1922. The cover features circular portrait photographs of Ed Gallagher and Al Shean, with illustrations of Gallagher wearing a suit and pith helmet while riding a camel, and Shean wearing a fez and skirted jacket with the sphinx and pyramids in the background. The phrase “Positively Mister Gallagher, Absolutely Mister Shean” is written on the bottom left of the cover and was the refrain at the end of each verse that became a well-known catchphrase.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Janice Plowman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0736.14
label: accession number
content: 1982.0736
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0736.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 31.115 cm x 23.495 cm