“I Love You in the Same Old Way”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1896
name: label: lyricist
content: Ford, Walter H.
label: composer
content: Bratton, John W.
label: publisher
content: M. Witmark & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “I Love You in The Same Old Way.” The song was written by Walter H. Ford and composed by John W. Brattor, and published by Witmark and Sons in 1896. The cover features the portraits of Maxwell and Simpson who originally sang and illustrated the song in their Vaudeville routine. In performances of illustrated songs, pre-photographed scenes that conveyed the content of the song would be projected on the stage behind the performers as a visual aid for the audience.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1154.04
label: accession number
content: 1979.1154
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1154.04
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: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm