Music Sheet, "Rosemarie, My Auto Girl," 1901
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Artifact Overview
In this comic song from 1901, a fearless young woman enjoys driving fast in her automobile. Women drivers were uncommon before the mid-1910s.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Sheet music
Date Made
1901
Subject Date
1901
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Published by Whitney Warner Publishing Company, Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
72.157.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William H. Van Fleet and Margaret Whiteman.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Length: 13.875 in
Width: 10.875 in
Inscriptions
Printed from top down: ROSEMARIE / MY AUTO- / GIRL / WITH GREAT/SUCCESS BY / LUCY / DALY / IN THE / WARD & / VOKES / PRODUCTION / OF THE / "HEAD-WAITERS" / WORDS & / MUSIC BY / THOMAS H. / CHILVERS / PUBLISHED / BY THE / WHITNEY-/ WARNER/PUB. CO./
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