“Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There”
date: label: Date made
content: 1916
name: label: composer
content: McCarthy, Joseph
label: composer
content: Johnson, Howard
label: composer
content: Fischer, Fred
label: publisher
content: Leo Feist, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There” that was written and composed by Joe McCarthy, Howard Johnson and Fred Fischer. The sheet music was published by Leo Feist Inc. of New York City in 1916. The white and peach striped cover has an inset illustration of a castle on a coast ringed by a floral arrangement. There is an inset photograph of William Gaxton on the lower left of the cover. The illustration is signed with a Rosebud, who was an artist or artists who did illustrations for Feist and Berlin during this period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Immigration
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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: Family & Social Life
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0424.038
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.038
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