Object Details
composer, lyricist
Thornton, James
Description
This sheet music is for the song “My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon” that was written and composed by James Thornton and published by Frank Harding in 1892. The plain white cover features a blue image of a woman on a stepladder looking up at the moon, which has a face in it. The cover notes that the song was “written for and sung by Bonnie Thorton at Tony Pastor’s Theatre, New York.”
Location
Currently not on view
publishing date
1892
ID Number
1983.0320.02
accession number
1983.0320
catalog number
1983.0320.02
Object Name
sheet music
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in; 34.29 cm x 26.035 cm
place made
United Kingdom: England, London, City of London
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_670710