"On the Mississippi"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1912
name: label: publisher
content: Shapiro Music Publishing Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “On the Mississippi,” with words by Ballard MacDonald and music by Carroll and Fields. It was published by Shapiro Music Publishing Co. in New York, New York in 1912. The cover features a steamboat in the background and a crowd of people in foreground with a banjo player. There is an inset image of actor Harry Cooper. The sheet music indicates:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Introduced by <br>Harry Cooper<br>IN LEW FIELDS’ GREAT PRODUCTION<br>“HANKY PANKY”<br>AT THE BROADWAY THEATRE, NEW YORK</p>
label: Description
content: <p>“On the Mississippi” was featured in the Broadway musical, <i>Hanky Panky,</i> with book by Edgar Smith, music by A. Baldwin Sloane, and lyrics by E. Ray Goetz. <i>Hanky Panky</i> opened at the Broadway Theatre on August 5, 1912, and ran for 104 performances. </p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by brothers William Starmer (1872-1957) and Frederick Starmer (1878-1962) Born and raised in England, the brothers moved with their family to New York, William in 1898 and Frederick in 1899. The Starmer Brothers flourished until 1929. William became a U.S. citizen in 1924, while Frederick returned to England in 1929.</p>
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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0808.09
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0808.09
label: accession number
content: 1985.0808
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: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm