Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song “The Captain Told the Mate” that was written and composed by W.H. Wallis. The sheet music was published by T.B. Harms & Company of London, England in 1901. The cover features an illustration of a large circular life preserver in the center, with an illustration of a captain smoking a cigar in the foreground. There is an inset photograph of James T. Powers, who performed the song in the show A Princess of Kensington.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- performer
- Powers, James T.
- publisher
- T. B. Harms & Co.
- date made
- 1901
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 10 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 27.305 cm
- Object Name
- sheet music
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