Music for Smithsonian Polka by W. Bergman

ID: 82-3241

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1855

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 15

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Summary

Page 1 of the musical score (4 pages) "The Smithsonian Polka," composed by W. Bergman, a Washington, D.C. music teacher. The music was probably written to commemorate the opening of the newly completed Smithsonian Institution Building, the Castle. The original sheet music was given to Charles D. Walcott, fourth Secretary (1907-1927) of the Smithsonian Institution, by Mrs. Herbert Hoover in 1924.

Subject

  • Bergman, W
  • Smithsonian Polka

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Neg. # 92-2053 is a color negative of the cover sheet. Neg. # 82-3240 is a black and white negative of the cover sheet. The original sheet music is in Accession 99-031. See also Negative #'s 82-3242, 82-3243, and 82-3244 for photographs of the rest of the sheet music.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 66, Folder 15

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1855

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

Music

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Document
  • Exterior
  • Engraving

ID Number

82-3241

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Photographic print

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