“Up in a Balloon”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1869
name: label: composer
content: Hunt, G. W.
label: publisher
content: R. M. Dewitt
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “Up in a Balloon” was written and composed by G. W. Hunt and published by R.M. DeWitt of New York, New York in 1869. The cover is a green background with white parchment scrolls that frames the lettering on the cover. There are five small cherubs scattered around the cover, and one is playing a harp, and another the pan flute.
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 Florence Gerhard Casper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0005.09
label: accession number
content: 1982.0005
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0005.09
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: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm