"Me and My Shadow"
date: label: publishing date
content: 1927
name: label: publisher
content: Irving Berlin, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This sheet music is for the song “Me and My Shadow,” by Al Jolson, Billy Rose, and Dave Dreyer. It was published by Irving Berlin, Inc. in New York, New York in 1927. The cover features an inset image of “Melosonic” Charlie Melsom.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and illustrator Sydney Lefkowitz (Leff) (1901-2005). Leff began his career as a commercial artist while he was still in high school. He would produce sheet music covers through the 1940s and subsequently moved on to generating advertising for Madison Avenue clients.</p>
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: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0392.08
label: accession number
content: 1985.0392
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0392.08
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 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm