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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Bridge Crush March (Descriptive)
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Description
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Stylized text, "Bandmaster of Slafer's Brooklyn Marine Band. Price 50 Cents." Cover features photographs of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle building and William E. Slafer, as well as an illustration of crowds of people boarding trolleys.
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0033
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Title
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Be Sure and Try These on Your Piano [advertisement]
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Description
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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."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0023
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Title
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Drake's Cake Walk
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Description
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Stylized text and border around an illustration of a cake that is decorated with a horseshoe and flowers. The words "Good Luck" are written on the horseshoe.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0034
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Title
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Blasius, Albrecht and Regent Pianos and Piano Players [advertisement]
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Description
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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."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0031
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Title
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Bergen Beach Schottisch
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Description
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Stylized text and decorative details in dark blue font. "Pr. 40¢. Entered at Stationer's Hall London Eng."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0022
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Title
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Read The Brooklyn Citizen [advertisement]
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Description
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Back cover of Brooklyn Citizen March advertising the newspaper, The Brooklyn Citizen. Sample text, "Read The Brooklyn Citizen today, tomorrow and all the time if you wish to keep in touch with the news of the day. Daily, 2 Cents. Sunday 3 Cents."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0018
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Title
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Unser Neue Heim [Our New Home] [Unzer Nayeheim]
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Description
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Cover features blue-toned portrait photographs of Isidor Lilien (in tuxedo) and Peretz Sandler (in suit). Titles printed in Latin and Hebrew alphabets. Text, "Liberty Theatre Success." The title refers to Israel as the new home.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0047
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Title
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The Original Chateau Three Step
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Description
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Pale green background featuring an illustration of a chateau enveloped by clouds and a copy of a letter from William Pitt Rivers complimenting Will Donaldson on his three step composition. Stylized text, "with complete instructions for dancing."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0045
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Title
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When the Twilight Comes to Kiss the Rose 'Good-Night [advertisement]
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Description
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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.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0045
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Title
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Peeking thro' the Bars
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Description
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Illustration of farm with animals and a woman drawing water from a well. An elegantly dressed young woman is standing by a fence in the foreground. Stylized text resembles tree branches.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0009
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Title
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The Sterling March and Two-Step
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Description
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Stylized text, "Founder of the Sterling Co. in 1860" underneath a black and white portrait of Chas A. Sterling. Illustrations of wreaths with ribbons amongst a faded pale purple background.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0035
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Title
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Army and Navy Waltzes
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Description
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Stylized text with decorative flourishes enclosed in border, "Pr. 50¢."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0017
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Title
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Born and Bred in Brooklyn (Over the Bridge)
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Description
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Color illustration of a woman (wearing pearls and a hat) standing in front of city skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. Photograph of George M. Cohan. List of songs from the show and their prices listed on cover. Operatic edition emblem in lower left corner.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0050
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Title
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The Brooklyn Society Two-Step
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Description
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Photograph of James Pringle, in formal wear, standing in front of a chair with his hand on a book. Photo is signed, "Yours truly, James Pringle." Stylized text with decorative drawings in purple font. Stamped with a number 5.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0019
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Title
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Brooklyn's March [Opus 79]
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Description
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Dark red decorative flourishes and stylized text, " As performed by Conterno's Famous Concert Band." Signed purple-toned photograph featuring G. E. Conterno in uniform holding a conductor's baton.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0025
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Title
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Brooklyn Belle Barn Dance
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Description
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Color illustration of an elegant woman in a large, plumed hat. Red stylized text. Text, "Septett 1/=nett. Full orchestra 1/6."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0037
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Title
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Brooklyn Bridge March
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Description
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Bold text and decorative details enclosed in border.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0006
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Title
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Standard Song Favorites [advertisement]
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Description
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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.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0038
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Title
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Hurrah for Bushwick High
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Description
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Black and white drawing of the front exterior of Bushwick High School. Stylized text.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0041
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Title
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Nesting Time in Flatbush
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Description
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Black and orange cover with geometric design. Songs from "Oh Boy!" listed on cover: A Pal Like You, Words are Not Needed, Till the Clouds Roll By, Be a Little Sunbeam, An Old Fashioned Wife, Nesting Time, Ain't it a Glorious Feeling, etc.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0046
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Title
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Standard Song Favorites [advertisement]
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Description
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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.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0039
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Title
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Coney Island March and Two-Step
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Description
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Decorative flourishes and stylized text in dark blue. Black and white photograph of Harry A. Prior with moustache wearing suit, tie and overcoat.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0026
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Title
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Strolling on the Brooklyn Bridge
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Description
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Illustration of a woman wearing headdress and hoop earrings surrounded by decorative details and black border. Stamped with, C. Robinson & Co., Music Dealers, Cooper Place, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0007
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Title
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The Marvelously Successful Compositions of John Philip Sousa [advertisement]
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Description
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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.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0015
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Title
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Der Schwerd Fin Blut Und Treiren [The Sword of Blood and Tears]
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Description
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Sepia photograph of Jacob P. Adler with the words, "As he is to-day." Text, "As sung with great success by the greatest living Jewish Tragedian. In his foremost production 'The War Victims' at the Liberty Theatre." Title in Latin and Hebrew alphabets.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0043
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Title
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Try These on Your Piano [advertisement]
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Description
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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.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0022
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Title
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Crossing on the Ferry
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Description
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Illustration with stylized text. Text, "To the citizens of Brooklyn.... by Bobby Newcomb, author of 'Skating in the Park."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0001
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Title
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Summertime, When All the Girls Get Back From School
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Description
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Blue and orange illustrations of the Hotel Shelburne, Reisenweber's and a woman in the ocean wearing a swimsuit and cap. Stylized text, "from Reisenweber's Summer Revue, 'Splash Me, 1916.' Produced at the Hotel Shelburne."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0044
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Title
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The Sterling March and Two-Step
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Description
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Stylized text, "Founder of the Sterling Co. in 1860" underneath a black and white portrait of Chas A. Sterling. Illustrations of wreaths with ribbons amongst a faded pale purple background.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0036
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Title
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Second Battalion March
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Description
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Stylized dark pink text, "The Battalion photographed at Sands Point, L.I. Sunday duty 25.97." Illustrations of a rope and anchor surround a black and white photograph of the 2nd Naval Battalion in full uniform on the beach at Sands Point.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0024
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Title
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Liberty Bell March [advertisement]
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Description
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Back cover of the Manhattan Beach March. Black and white illustration of portrait of John Philip Sousa above an illustration of the Liberty Bell.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0014
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Title
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"Our Boys" Waltzes
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Description
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Bold black text on coral colored paper. Text, "As played by Wernig's 23d, Downing's 9th, and Grafulla's 7th Regiment Bands. Piano, 60 Cents. Orchestra."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0005
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Title
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The Brooklyn Citizen March
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Description
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Decorative border with stylized text, "Compliments of The Manager of The Long Island Department. As rendered with great success by the Patchogue String Band, Patchogue, N.Y. 'Citizen' Job Print."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0018
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Title
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The Permans' Brooklyn Cake Walk
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Description
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Stylized text interwoven with illustration of flowering tree branch. Text, "Publisher's of Smallwood's celebrated pianoforte tutor, Smallwood's 55 melodious exercises, etc. Price 4/=, Band Parts 1/=nett."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0027
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Title
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Arion Piano Forte [advertisement]
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Description
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Back cover of Brooklyn Life Waltzes. Ad, "Arion Piano Forte. Par excellence. The piano of the age. Elegance and excellence ... to be had at McDonald's old established Arion Piano Warerooms... Golden piano."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0004
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Title
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New York and Coney Island Cycle March Two-Step
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Description
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Full color illustration featuring a man and a woman riding bicycles along the Coney Island Fairgrounds. Four bicycles wheels are featured in the corners, each surrounding a different Coney Island attraction. Possibly number 5 in a series.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0021
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Title
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Those Lovely Brooklyn Girls
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Description
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Text with decorative details. Text, "Corinne's Great Song, Those Lovely Brooklyn Girls."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0012
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Title
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Martin's Silver Dress Parade
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Description
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Dark blue and white cover featuring a drawing of the profile and back view of a woman fashionably dressed. In art deco style. Dates, 1903 and 1928 displayed at bottom. Initials, "F.J.M" displayed on bottom right corner.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0030
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Title
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A Thematic List of Popular Pieces [advertisement]
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Description
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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.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0010
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Title
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Veni Creator Spiritus
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Description
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Illustration of sheet music template to look like carved wood. Text, "For soprano or tenor by Victor Frei, Organist of St. Augustine's Church. 50¢"
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0008
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Title
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Professor Victor Frei's Conservatory of Music [advertisement]
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Description
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Back cover of Veni Creator Spiritus. Ad in German and English offering classes in instrumental music, vocal lessons and theoretical music studies for children.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0008
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Title
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Brighton Beach March
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Description
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Large, stylized text and pink background. Pink, dark red, and green illustration of the ocean, clouds, birds, sailboats, shells and flowers.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0031
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Title
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Manhattan Beach March
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Description
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Illustration of portrait of John Philip Sousa above the Manhattan Beach Hotel. Stamped with "Property of N. B. Borden, Jr." Stamped with a number seven. Annotation, "Annie R. Smith. Feb. 19, '95."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0014
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Title
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The Sterling Piano Co. [advertisement]
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Description
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Back cover of The Sterling March and Two-Step advertising piano renting, repairing, tuning, moving, storing and piano accessories. Illustration of The Sterling Building. Text, "The largest wholesale and retail piano business..."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0036
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Title
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Brooklyn Glide Waltzes
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Description
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Template illustration of leaves framing text. Music includes references to: Moonlight on the O., Flight of the Swallows, Angel Kisses, Grand Military Review, Wait for the breaking of the day, I will always remember, etc.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0010
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Title
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Brooklyn High School March
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Description
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Sheet music without cover.
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers
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Local Identifier
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sm0016
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Title
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Shew Fly Polka Redowa
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Description
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Color illustration of people working and sitting outdoors with cows. Barn and house in background. On light green paper. Text, "1887. Our spring offering. Alphonzo Smith, dealer in pianos, organs and music. Read our great offer on outside back-page."
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Type
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still image, text
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Genre
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Sheet music covers, Advertisements
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Local Identifier
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sm0002
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