“O, Darling Tell Me Yes”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1903
name: label: composer
content: Lyons, Alfred
label: publisher
content: Oliver Ditson Company
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song, “O, Darling Tell Me Yes” was written and composed by Alfred Lyons and published by Oliver Ditson Co. of New York, New York in 1903. The song appeared as a supplement to the “New York Herald” on May 17, 1903. The cover features a picture of a couple outside under a tree beside a circular bench around the trunk. Sheet music was so popular during the early 20th century that newspapers inserted them into their Sunday editions to increase circulation.
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: 1982.0440.61
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.61
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