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This donation consists of a copy of the original sheet music "Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air Boys" which was written by Lew Brown and Albert Von Tilzer, and published in 1919 by Broadway Music Corporation.
During the early flight period, World War I, and on into the 1920s and 1930s, numerous famous flights by pioneering pilots represented the cultural acceptance of the airplane from an entertaining novelty into an instrument of commerce, a weapon of war, and a vehicle for spectacle. In response, there emerged a new form of technological enthusiasm called "air-mindedness." "Air-mindedness" referred to the zealous support of aviation to bring about the next great era in human civilization, which many people called the "Air Age." Enthusiastic individuals and groups of all ages expressed their air-mindedness in different ways. In everyday life, the air-minded public purchased household goods influenced by streamline design, gave aviation-related toys to their children, built flying models of their favorite aircraft, and enjoyed aviation-themed music.
NASM.2013.0047
Brown, Lew
1919
Marilyn Graskowiak, Gift, 2013, NASM.2013.0047.
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This donation consists of a copy of the original sheet music "Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air Boys" which was written by Lew Brown and Albert Von Tilzer, and published in 1919 by Broadway Music Corporation. Note: Content within digitized collections is historical, and therefore reflects the culture, language, and time, in which it was created. Because of this, some offensive language and attitudes may be present.
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"Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air Boys" Sheet Music, NASM.2013.0047, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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