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California and You

Song Sheet
1914 (published)
Artist/Maker
Kalmar & Puck Music Co. Inc. (publisher)
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)
New York (published)

Song-sheet for California and You sung by Miss Daisy Dormer. One of Bert Feldman's 6d. editions. Miss Dormer appears in a large oval photograph on the cover. The back features an advertisement for Roland's Pianoforte Tutor, incorporating a black and white photograph of music publisher Bert Feldman. Lettered with title, credits, score, lyrics and copyright details.

Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Music
Object type
Song Sheet
TitleCalifornia and You
Materials and techniques
Offset lithographic print on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Song-sheet for 'California and You' sung by Miss Daisy Dormer. One of Bert Feldman's 6d. editions. Offset lithographic print. Published by Kalmar & Puck Music Co. Inc., New York and B. Feldman & Co. London. 1914.
Physical description
Song-sheet for California and You sung by Miss Daisy Dormer. One of Bert Feldman's 6d. editions. Miss Dormer appears in a large oval photograph on the cover. The back features an advertisement for Roland's Pianoforte Tutor, incorporating a black and white photograph of music publisher Bert Feldman. Lettered with title, credits, score, lyrics and copyright details.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Width: 26.5cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered with title, credits, score, lyrics and copyright details.
  • 'New York : Kalmar & Puck Music Co. inc. / London : B. Feldman & Co. 2,3 & 4, Arthur St., New Oxford St. W.C.2.' (Lettered.)
Credit line
Given by Kevin Edge
Historical context
Feldman specialised in heavily promoted, cheap editions of popular American and British songs performed by popular artists, photos of whom would feature in decorous designs such as this.
Subjects depicted
Music
Singer
Woman
Man
Photograph
Portrait
Dormer, Daisy
Feldman, Bert
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. p.39 (illus.).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1753-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O190703/california-and-you-song-sheet-kalmar--puck/
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