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Title: "When the Flowers Bloom in Spring-time" "Molly Dear" [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Mariutch (Make-a the Hootch-a Ma Kootch) Down at Coney Isle. Sample of the sheet music for "When the Flowers Bloom in Spring-time" "Molly Dear."
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0032

Title: A Thematic List of Popular Pieces [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Brooklyn Glide Waltzes. Advertisement for other music such as, Angel's Kisses Nocturne, Chums Polka, Chums Waltz, Flight of the Swallows, etc. including sample verses, composer information and price.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0010

Title: A. Varela Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Ex Libris \ A Varela S". Depicts the side profile of a woman with short hair, sitting at a piano and reading from sheets of paper (presumably sheet music). The artist's name is visible in the bottom-right corner. Printed in blue ink.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, color prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxU-V_018

Title: Alice Lucie Blakely Bookplate
Description: Bookplate, inscribed: "Ex Libris \ Alice Lucie Blakely \ Carmen die Liebe vom Zigeuner stammt". Depicts a heraldic device, enclosed within a wreath of roses. The text is flanked by the side-profiles of two winged but otherwise human figures, and a line of musical notes runs along the bottom of the image.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxBi-Bz_015

Title: Alphonzo Smith Offers His Large and Extensive Assortment of Piano-Fortes and Organs of All the Leading Makers
Description: Illustration of piano on pink paper with text,.the celebrated "Wheelock" piano-fortes and world renowned "Estey" organs. Extremely low for cash or from $5 to $10 monthly until fully paid. Verso side: text,.The grandest collection of music ever issued in book form. No duplicates of the folio of music no. 1.."
Type: still image
Local Identifier: FC-0243

Title: Be Sure and Try These on Your Piano [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of March of the Veterans. Advertisement featuring sample sheet music in green, including the songs: Dream Whispers, Pictures of Fancy, Singing Birds and Pattering Rain. Text, "Complete copies available at all Music Stores."
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0023

Title: Blasius, Albrecht and Regent Pianos and Piano Players [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Brighton Beach March. Advertisement for Blasius & Sons, piano sellers. Featuring sheet music for, "Song to the Stars." Text, "Buy your piano direct from the manufacturer. Save all immediate profits - easy terms."
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0031

Title: Don't Tell Her That You Saw Me [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Second Battalion March. Advertisement featuring sample sheet music in dark pink, including the songs: Don't Tell Her That You Saw Me, Brush by Nigger, Brush by, I want a Real Coon and Cottonfield Dance.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0024

Title: Francis, Day & Hunter's Successful Dance Novelties [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Permans' Brooklyn Cake Walk. Advertisement for dances, including, New Dances, Valses, Quadrilles, Barn Dances, Lancers, Polkas, Schottisches, Galops and Post-Dances. Text, "Price Two Shillings Each, Nett."
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0027

Title: Geraldine, Countess of Mayo Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "1894 \ Geraldine \ Countess of Mayo". Depicts two women; one is seated, playing a cello while reading the music. The other woman is standing, and reading from a book of her own. All is enclosed within a border of flowers and clover. The artist's initial is visible in the lower-right corner
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxM-Mo_063

Title: Good Luck, 1880. Holiday Greeting. 1881, B and B Bazar, Fine Stationery and Music
Description: Card in shape and illustrated as a horseshoe. Illustration of a portrait of a horse's head with wings. Text,"Toys, dolls, Christmas and New Year Cards, novelties and holiday goods a specialty. .
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, irregular shape, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0195

Title: Hedwig Scheiner Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Ex Libris \ Hedwig Scheiner \ No. [blank]". Depicts a woman with flowers in her hair, reading a book. She is surrounded by flowers, and a heraldic device is visible beside her. A violin and some sheet music is visible at the bottom.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxS-Sh_054

Title: Isabella L. Whittier Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "This book belongeth to Isabella Whittier". Depicts an owl sitting on a pen, with its wing around a cherub. There is an open book behind the owl, and a small portion of sheet music.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxW-Z_093

Title: Käthe Mende Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Ora et labora \ Ex-Libris \ Käthe Mende \ Frankfurt A/O". Depicts a bust of Shakespeare, framed by two groups of flowers. A heraldic device is visible beside various books as well as sheet music, a mask, and a lute. The artist's name is visible in bottom-center of the image.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxM-Mo_081

Title: Largest and Best Assorted Stock of Sheet Music
Description: Illustration of child using egg as a row boat on water with ship and possibly a lighthouse in background. The egg also is decorated with a flag and flower.
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0179

Title: Latest Successes [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Brooklyn Belle Barn Dance featuring a listing of composers with popular songs, such as: Valse Mystique, Aubade Valse, Dainty Valse, Perle D'Orient Valse, Only a Faded Rose Waltz, Royal Visit Waltz, Dixie Rag Two Step and others.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0037

Title: Liberty Bell March [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of the Manhattan Beach March. Black and white illustration of portrait of John Philip Sousa above an illustration of the Liberty Bell.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0014

Title: Look for the Silver Lining [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Nesting Time in Flatbush. Advertisement for the song, "The Hit from Sally, Look for the Silver Lining." Includes excerpt of sheet music.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0046

Title: MTI Bookplate
Description: Pictorial monogram, inscribed: "MTI". Depicts an open book of musical notes (inscribed "Schumann"). Artist's initials at bottom.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxI-K_002

Title: Marcella Sembrich Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Marcella Sembrich". Depicts heraldic imagery flanked by horns and holly branches, with musican notes and a bird at the top. The artist's monogram is visible in the bottom-right corner. Printed with red ink.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, color prints, armorial bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxS-Sh_107

Title: Margaret Hunter Scott Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "ex libris \ Vade mecum \ Margaret Hunter Scott." Depicts a woman with earmuffs standing above an open book. A pile of books is beside her, as well as a bookshelf upon which sits a pair of shoes. The text at the top of the image is inscribed upon a scroll featuring musical notes. The initial "L" is visible in the bottom-left corner.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxS-Sh_087

Title: Maria Gerard Messenger Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Dono hvnc librvum dedi \ Beati mundo cornde \ Maria Gerard Messenger \ Associata Bibliothecam S. Mariæ \ Scientæ Sacræ \ St. Mary's School, 8 , East 46th Street \ New York City." Depicts a flower surrounded by holly, and text within a border of ornate mantling. A book of music and a heraldic device is also visible. The artist's name and the year can be seen in the lower-left and lower-right corners, respectively. Mounted alongside another Messenger bookplate.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxM-Mo_090b

Title: Marie Magdalene Gräfin zu Leiningen Westerburg Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Marie Magdalene Gräfin zu Leiningen Westerburg \ geborenen Rogalla von Bieberstein. \ 1895." Depicts a miniature dog, standing on a pillow and flanked by books. Nearby are flowers, a stringed instrument, sheet music, a folding fan, and tassels. Printed in blue ink.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, color prints, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxL_056

Title: Marie Magdalene Gräfin zu Leiningen Westerburg Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Marie Magdalene Gräfin zu Leiningen Westerburg \ geborenen Rogalla von Bieberstein. \ 1895." Depicts a miniature dog, standing on a pillow and flanked by books. Nearby are flowers, a stringed instrument, sheet music, a folding fan, and tassels. Printed in red ink.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, color prints, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxL_055

Title: Mary Field Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Mary Field \ Have thought borrower and forget met not". Depicts a vase of flowers sitting upon a book, and an open book of musical notes. The artist's initials are visible in the bottom-right corner.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxE-F_077

Title: Oh, I'm So Lonesome [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Down at Steeplechase Park featuring sample sheet music for the song, "Oh, I'm So Lonesome."
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0040

Title: Rosa Fernkorn Bertuch Bookplate
Description: Pictorial bookplate, inscribed: "Beethoven \ Mozart \ Rosa Fernkorn Bertuch \ 1902". Depicts a piano with Mozart sheet music placed on it, between two candles. The name "Beethoven" radiates light in the center of the image, and sheet music scrolls along the top.
Type: still image
Genre: bookplates, prints, women's bookplates
Local Identifier: BoxB-Be_113

Title: S. Bierach, Fine Stationer, Dealer in Sheet Music, Music Books, Musical Instruments,&c.
Description: Illustration of two children: boy and girl. The boy is blowing bubbles. Text,"S. Bierach, Fine Stationer, Dealer in Sheet Music, Music Books, Musical Instruments,&c. B and B Bazar..Pianos tuned and repaired."
Type: still image
Genre: trade cards, business cards, advertisements
Local Identifier: FC-0197

Title: Standard Song Favorites [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey featuring advertisements for Broadway Music Corporation stock including: Ain't You Ashamed, Alcoholic Blues, At the Fountain of Youth, Be Still My Heart, Chile Bean and others.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0038

Title: Standard Song Favorites [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey featuring advertisements for Broadway Music stock including: Ain't You Ashamed, Alcoholic Blues, At the Fountain of Youth, Be Still My Heart, Chile Bean and others.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0039

Title: The Marvelously Successful Compositions of John Philip Sousa [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of the Manhattan Beach March. Advertisement for other sheet music Sousa marches including, Hands Across the Sea, Charlatan, Bride Elect, Stars and Stripes Forever, El Captan, Directorate, King Cotton, Liberty Bell, Manhattan Beach.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0015

Title: The Big Hits from "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly" [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Born and Bred in Brooklyn. Features ads with sheet music excerpts of songs.Text, "Price 40c. Each postpaid. If you are interested in beautiful songs... in the Witmark Black and White Series. Enclose five cents in stamps for mailing."
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0050

Title: Try These on Your Piano [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Bergen Beach Schottisch. Advertisement featuring sample sheet music in blue including the songs: Hindoo Polka Brillante, Oxford Berlin, The Black Diamond Yorke and Cyclone Echoes.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0022

Title: Try These on Your Piano [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Coney Island March and Two-Step. Advertisement featuring sample sheet music in dark blue for the songs: But I Still Love Her, Only a Little White Rose, First Ben Hur Band March, and Tell Me Why You Do Not Love Me.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0026

Title: When the Twilight Comes to Kiss the Rose 'Good-Night [advertisement]
Description: Back cover of Original Chateau Three Step advertising the song, "When the Twilight Comes to Kiss the Rose 'Good-Night.'" Includes cover art and sample bars from sheet music. Also, features listing of various song titles available from publisher's stock.
Type: still image, text
Genre: Sheet music covers, Advertisements
Local Identifier: sm0045

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