Sheet Music, In Pound, Wisconsin (It's Just an Ounce in Size)
Sheet Music, In Pound, Wisconsin (It's Just an Ounce in Size)
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- Description
- Units of Weight occasionally enter into the titles and lyrics of songs. The composer and lyricist for this piece, Alfred McDermott, described his town of Pound, Wisconsin, as something much smaller - "just an ounce in size."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sheet music
- date made
- 1944
- maker
- McDermott, Alfred
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Pound
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall:.1 cm x 23 cm x 30.5 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/16 in x 12 in
- ID Number
- 1988.3086.113
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3086
- catalog number
- 1988.3086.113
- Credit Line
- The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- subject
- Mathematics
- Music
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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