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The razor strop man, or, A few more left : a comic song

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1845

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

GUSN

GUSN-193870

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Description

The cover depicts an urban street vendor surrounded by a group of customers.

Details

Descriptive Terms

street vendors
strops
employment
comedy (genre)
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE699

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.10.TMP.061

Record Details

Originator

Turner, J. W. (Joseph W.) (Composer)
Prentiss, Henry, 1801-1859 (Publisher)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Employment ; Urban life

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Henry Prentiss (Firm)

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

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