"I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1919
name: label: publisher
content: Forster Music Publisher
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In,” with words by Jack Yellen and music by Abe Ouman. It was published by Forster Music Publisher in Chicago, Illinois in 1919. The cover features an illustration of man sitting on a dock with a boat moored to the dock and an inset image of [Charles] Rudolf Friml, Jr.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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: 1986.0021.11
label: accession number
content: 1986.0021
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0021.11
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