Sheet Music, Not Here - Not There - It's Fifty Miles from Nowhere
Object Details
- Description
- Many Americans describe their location in terms of numerical distances. This sheet music contains music by Ernes Breuer with lyrics by Mort Dixon. The song describes someone looking at locations on a map and finding that their home was "fifty miles from nowhere."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Music
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1923
- ID Number
- 1988.3086.041
- catalog number
- 1988.3086.041
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3086
- Object Name
- Sheet Music
- Object Type
- Sheet Music
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .1 cm x 23.5 cm x 30.9 cm; 1/32 in x 9 1/4 in x 12 5/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Music
- Record ID
- nmah_694486
