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title:"Sixteen Tons"
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  date:
  
  label:publishing date
  content:1947


  name:
  
  label:depicted (sitter)
  content:Ford, Tennessee Ernie

  
  label:publisher
  content:American Music, Inc.


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  label:Description
  content:This sheet music is for the song “Sixteen Tons,” by Merle Travis. It was published by American Music, Inc. in Hollywood, California in 1947. This song was featured and recorded by American singer and television host Tennessee Ernie Ford. The recording of this song became a smash hit for Ford and was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2015.

  
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  content:Currently not on view


  place:
  
  label:place made
  content:United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood


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  label:See more items in
  content:Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment

  
  label:See more items in
  content:Music & Musical Instruments

  
  label:See more items in
  content:Popular Entertainment

  
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  content:Sheet Music


  creditLine:
  
  label:Credit Line
  content:Gift of Ruth Mildred Hunter


  dataSource:
  
  label:Data Source
  content:National Museum of American History


  identifier:
  
  label:ID Number
  content:1986.0021.35

  
  label:accession number
  content:1986.0021

  
  label:catalog number
  content:1986.0021.35


  objectType:
  
  label:Object Name
  content:sheet music


  physicalDescription:
  
  label:Physical Description
  content:paper (overall material)

  
  label:Physical Description
  content:ink (overall material)

  
  label:Measurements
  content:overall: 11 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 21.59 cm



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   name:
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   American Music, Inc.

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   United States
   Los Angeles
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   Amusements
   Music

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