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“When We Get There”

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Object Details

publisher

Joe Morris Music Company

Description (Brief)

This sheet music is for the song “When We Get There.” The song’s lyrics were written by Billy Frish and Leo Fagan, and the music was composed by Alex Marr. The sheet music was published by the Joe Morris Music Company in 1917. There is an illustration of several battleships and smaller boats filled with men crossing an ocean on the left side of the cover, and an illustration of soldiers marching in file on the right side of the cover. There is a central photograph of the performing duo of Curtis and Rubell on the cover, and the illustration is signed “Starmer.”

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1917

ID Number

1983.0424.066

catalog number

1983.0424.066

accession number

1983.0424

Object Name

sheet music

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm

place made

United States: New York, New York

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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Sheet Music

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f272-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_670920

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