"Sixteen Tons"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1947
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Ford, Tennessee Ernie
label: publisher
content: American Music, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Sixteen Tons,” by Merle Travis. It was published by American Music, Inc. in Hollywood, California in 1947. This song was featured and recorded by American singer and television host Tennessee Ernie Ford. The recording of this song became a smash hit for Ford and was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2015.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth Mildred Hunter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0021.35
label: accession number
content: 1986.0021
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0021.35
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: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 21.59 cm