“If You Love Your Baby Make De Goo Goo Eyes”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1902
name: label: performer; composer; lyricist
content: Williams, Bert
label: performer; composer; lyricist
content: Walker, George
label: publisher
content: Hurtig and Seamon
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “If You Love Your Baby Make De Goo Goo Eyes” was written and composed by Bert Williams and George Walker. The music was originally published by Hurtig and Seamon in 1900, but was used as a supplement to the New York Herald on June 29, 1902. The music sheet features an image of a cartoonish African-American female, making “goo-goo” eyes. Newspapers would often include these supplements in their Sunday editions to boost sales because of the popularity of sheet music during this time.
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: 1982.0440.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.02
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 1/8 in; 35.56 cm x 25.7175 cm