"Old Folks at Home"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1851
name: label: publisher
content: Firth, Pond & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Old Folks at Home,” by Stephen Foster. It was published by Firth, Pond and Co. in 1851. As was common at the time, many publishers and performers registered songs for copyright under their own names. As referenced on the cover, this song was featured by the minstrel group Christy Minstrels formed by American composer, singer, actor and stage producer Edwin Pearce Christy (1815–1862).
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: 1983.0692.10
label: accession number
content: 1983.0692
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0692.10
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 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm