"Carolina Mammy"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1922
name: label: referenced
content: Jolson, Al
label: publisher
content: Leo Feist, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Carolina Mammy,” with words and music by Billy James. It was published by Leo Feist, Inc. in New York, New York in 1922. The cover features an image of Kenneth Lord, who introduced this song at the Royal Theatre in Philadelphia. The cover indicates this song was “Al Jolson’s BIG HIT in Bombo.” “Carolina Mammy” was a song added to the 1921 Broadway musical “Bombo,” developed to showcase Al Jolson.
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Norton, Richard C.. Chronology of American Musical Theater Volume II (1912-1952)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roger B. White
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0874.04
label: accession number
content: 1985.0874
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0874.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 23.1775 cm