“Tenting on the Old Campground”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1864
name: label: composer
content: Kittredge, Walter
label: publisher
content: Oliver Ditson & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Tenting on the Old Campground.” The song was written and composed by Walter Kittredge and published by Oliver Ditson & Co. in 1864. The tune was adapted and sung by the Hutchinson Family Tribe of Asa. The Hutchinson Family was a popular singing group during the Civil War who split into two ensembles, the Tribe of Jesse and Tribe of Asa and often performed songs promoting abolition, temperance, and women’s rights.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: 1983.0227.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0227
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0227.04
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: 12 1/4 in x 10 in; 31.115 cm x 25.4 cm