“Be My Little Fan-Tan Girl”
date: label: date made
content: 1915
name: label: publisher
content: Bee Bee Confection Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “(Won't You) Be My Little Fan-Tan Girl” that was written and composed by P. Hans Flath. The song was published by the Bee Bee Confection Company of Dayton, Ohio, the manufacturers of Fan Tan gum. The cover has an illustration of a woman in a Chinese garden holding a piece of Fan Tan gum. There is an inset image of Olive Vail, who performed the song, as well as an inset photograph of composer P. Hans Flath. The sheet music could be had by sending in two proofs of purchase.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
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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: 1983.0424.180
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.180
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 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 34.925 cm x 27.305 cm