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Sheet music: polka and waltzes - 5 examples

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1840-1862

Location Note

Sheet Music Box

GUSN

GUSN-199093

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Description

This sample shows popular music for song and dance and is interesting from a cultural point of view.Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Little in January 1926 and Miss Maria Thacher in June 1943.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sheet music
prints (visual works)
lithographs
sheet music

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR182OVR

Physical Description

5 lithographs

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1926-01, 1943-06

Reference Code

GC002.02.182

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

10.5 x 13.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Little, January 1926 and Miss Maria Thacher, June 1943.

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs
sheet music

Subjects

Waltzes

Accruals Note

While none of the items in the box are specified as being part of OVR 182, there are several unmarked items from the listed donors that could be part of this group.

Restrictions

stained, torn edges, dirty

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Sheet Music Box

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