“In Zanzibar (My Little Chimpanzee)”
date: label: date made
content: 1904
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Carus, Emma
label: publisher
content: Shapiro, Remick and Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This sheet music is for the song “In Zanzibar (My Little Chimpanzee)” which was written and composed by Will Cobb and Gus Edwards. Shapiro, Remick and Company of New York City published this sheet music in 1904. The cover has a background illustration of a tropical village with a variety of huts and palm tree that Starmer signed in the lower left corner. There is an inset photograph of Emma Carus in the center of the cover, who introduced the song in Fisher & Riley’s musical comedy ‘The Medal and the Maid.”
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0424.133
label: accession number
content: 1983.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0424.133
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 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm