Object Details
- lyricist
- Seibert, T. Lawrence
- composer
- Newton, Eddie
- publisher
- A. Cox and Company
- Description
- This sheet music is for the song “Casey Jones: The Brave Engineer.” The lyrics were written by T. Lawrence Seibert and Eddie Newton composed the music. The song was published by A. Cox and Co. of Toronto, Canada in 1909. The cover features an image of a locomotive coming towards the reader, with photos of Seibert and Newton in the train engine’s windows. The song, also known as the Ballad of Casey Jones, was written to commemorate engineer Jones giving up his life to slow down his train enough to prevent a more disastrous crash with a train that was stopped on the tracks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Janice Plowman
- publishing date
- 1909
- ID Number
- 1982.0736.08
- accession number
- 1982.0736
- catalog number
- 1982.0736.08
- Object Name
- sheet music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 32.385 cm x 24.765 cm
- place made
- Canada: Ontarian, Toronto
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Sheet Music
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_668526
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-eaf8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
