Name/Title
HOBO ON PARK AVENUEEntry/Object ID
L.2008.66 a-bDescription
Sheet music comprised of two bound, two insert paper pages; title page is yellow with black printing consisting of an overall cubistic design in shades of yellow of a man playing a piano; a black lithograph portrait of a smiling mustachioed man is in BR; text at top of page: "HOBO ON PARK AVENUE"; text in TL: "MODERN PIANO GEMS / By / WILL HUDSON / YANKEE IN HAVANA / COWBOY IN MANHATTAN / MEMOIRS OF A DYING SAVAGE / HOBO ON PARK AVENUE / LOVE SONG OF A HALF-WIT / I GOT A DIME IN MY POCKET / EIGHT BARS IN SEARCH OF A MELODY"; text in TR: " PIANO SOLO / By / Will Hudson"; in rectangular box BL are two windmills and text: "MILLS MUSIC / INC. / Music Publishers / 1619 Broadway - New York, N.Y."; beneath portrait is a round black sticker with text: "PRICE / 2'6"; the number 10 in a circle is drawn in blue ink TR; at BR is an indecipherable gray ink stamp; the second page is an advertisement, with samples, for four piano pieces; third and fourth pages each have five staff lines of music with text above and below; fifth, sixth and seventh pages each have six staff lines of music with text above and below; text in the fold between the second and seventh pages advertises a book: "The Art of Song Writing"; eighth page, back cover, is an advertisement for three folios of music.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Will HudsonAttribution
ComposerManufacturer
Mills Music, Inc.Date made
1935Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Racette list # 66
L.2008.66
Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
12-1/4 inWidth
9-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (31.1 x 23.5 cm)Condition
Notes
Remarks: Small loss on top edge of title page; creases on title page and reverse of last page.General Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24ENote Type
DepartmentNote
Curatorial