Music for Smithsonian Polka by W. Bergman

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Bergman, W

Smithsonian Polka

Notes

Neg. # 92-2053 is a color negative of the cover sheet. Neg. # 82-3240 is a black and white negative of the cover sheet. The original sheet music is in Accession 99-031. See also Negative #'s 82-3242, 82-3243, and 82-3244 for photographs of the rest of the sheet music.

Summary

Page 1 of the musical score (4 pages) "The Smithsonian Polka," composed by W. Bergman, a Washington, D.C. music teacher. The music was probably written to commemorate the opening of the newly completed Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle. The original sheet music was given to Charles D. Walcott, fourth Secretary (1907-1927) of the Smithsonian Institution, by Mrs. Herbert Hoover in 1924.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 15

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1855

Standard number

82-3241

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Document

Exterior

Engraving

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Music

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10036