Music Sheet, "My Automobile Boy," 1901, Reprinted 1950
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Songwriters attempted to cash in on the automobile craze in the early 1900s. This reprint of a 1901 piece of sheet music is one of the first automobile songs.
Songwriters attempted to cash in on the automobile craze in the early 1900s. This reprint of a 1901 piece of sheet music is one of the first automobile songs.
Artifact
Sheet music
Date Made
1950
Subject Date
1901
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Massachusetts, Westfield
Creator Notes
Original music was written and composed by M.N. Hinds for Chadwick Music Publishing Company, Westfield, Massachusetts. This is a reprint published by Charles W. Bishop, P.O. Box 1906, New Haven, Conn.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.150.9428
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 13 in
Width: 9.375 in (three fold, opens out)
Inscriptions
Printed from top down: REPRINT OF THE OLDEST AUTOMOBILE SONG / My Automobile Boy / Words and Music by M.N. Hinds / Westfield. Mass. / Chadwick Music Pub. Co. / Guckert Music Pub. Co. / Bucyrus, Ohio / J. Davidson & Co. / Manchester. England / Copyright 1901 by Ben Chadwick / Published by Charles W. Bishop, P.O. Box 1906, New Haven, Conn. Printed on back side in part: Song Cover Shows Early Loomis Car ... / Reprinted from "Old Timers News", February 1950 / Copyright 1950 by Charles W. Bishop
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