Object Details
- lyricist
- Sterling, Andrew B.
- composer
- Lange, Arthur
- publisher
- Joe Morris Music Company
- Description (Brief)
- This sheet music is for the song, “America Here's My Boy.” Andrew B. Sterling wrote the lyrics to the song and Arthur Lange composed the music. The song was published by the Joe Morris Music Company of New York City in 1917. The song is introduced as “the sentiment of every American mother” and talks about a million American mothers ready to offer their sons to serve their country. The cover features an illustration of the United States in the background, and a mother with her son in a soldier’s uniform in the foreground. The cover is signed by André De Takacs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1917
- ID Number
- 1983.0424.101
- accession number
- 1983.0424
- catalog number
- 1983.0424.101
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 26.67 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_670895
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7f49-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
