"Get off the track!" A song for emancipation, sung by The Hutchinsons,...
An illustrated sheet music cover for an abolitionist song composed by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. The song is dedicated to antislavery editor Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, "As a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the ... More
The Star spangled banner : national song / Stackpole, sc.
Music cover illustrated with U.S. flag. Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Capitol March composed by Louis Berge
Music cover showing U.S. Capitol with cannon and flags in foreground. "OP. 45." LOT subdivision subject: District of Columbia. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Jo... More
Poor oppressed or the contraband Schottisch, by E.A. Benson / German &...
Music cover showing an African American woman with small parasol, standing, facing left. Notation on cover reads "Dedicated to Miss Dinah Dobson of Nasville, Tenn."
The young American schottisch - Lithograph, public domain, Library of ...
Sheet music cover for a schottisch (a dance similar to the polka), composed by Francis H. Brown and dedicated to "Miss Mary Leeds of New York." The illustration features the standing figure of "Young America,"... More
The lament of the Irish emigrant - a ballad / W. Sharp, del. ; printed...
Sheet music cover shows a man wearing a top hat with sack and walking stick leaning on a stile. Reference copy may be in LOT 7010. Printed below image: The music composed and most cordially dedicated to Mrs. Is... More
Columbia the gem of the ocean - sheet music cover
LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Geo. Willig.
The Prize Song, "The Whig Chief"...dedicated...to Henry Clay, by the B...
Three oval views of Clay's birthplace, Hanover, Ky.; Clay's residence "Ashland"; and White House, Wash., D.C. LOT subdivision subject: Birthplace and Homes. Title and other information transcribed from caption ... More
Sweet Memories of Thee - Engraving, Public domain image
Music cover showing beautiful woman standing on small wooden bridge. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. Hall & Son... More
Answer to Gentle Annie / Chas. Shober Lith.
Print showing title page illustration with man looking at grave of "Gentle Annie" as angels hover above. Words by Miss Helen T. Young, music by J. P. Webster.
Not for Joseph or the Stuyvesant galop--composed by Paul Steinhagen / ...
Music cover. Public domain scan of a poster, printed advertisement, Austro-Hungarian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Song of the Union by a Pennsylvanian . . .
A sheet music cover for a song by John M. Crosland, dedicated to President Buchanan. The cover is illustrated with an array of emblems, many of them symbolizing threats to the integrity of the Union. A bust of ... More
Parade march of the great Potomac Army, respectfully dedicated to Majo...
Music cover with head-and-shoulders portrait of Major Gen. McClellan, facing left.
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Riflemens Grand March...Petersburg [Virginia] Riflemen
Civil war period music covers. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Lee & Walker. Caption card tracings: Civil War ... More
One Share of Stock in the Spondulix Petroleum Co.
LOT subdivision subject: Industry. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. A. Pond & Co.; lithograph by Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway.
Dreaming of home and mother - Public domain music sheet scan
Public domain sheet music, notation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
March dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic, by J.W. Turner
Music cover illustrated with composite of allegorical, patriotic vignettes, including Liberty with sword, parade before U.S. Capitol, women nursing wounded and mourning at grave. LOT subdivision subject: Emblem... More
We have laid thee to rest dearest Willie
LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Death. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Jewett & Mischka. Lithograph by the Sage Sons & Co. Lith. Prg. & Mfg. Co. Buffalo, N.Y.
Jumbo - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover illustration of famous circus elephant carrying group of children. LOT subdivision subject: Circus, Carnivals and Fairs. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograp... More
Pizzicati from Sylvia - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Music and Musical Instruments. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson. Lithograph by The Bufford's Sons Lith. Co., Boston, New Yo... More
The Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, April 6th & 7th, 1862 / J....
Music cover. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bloomer Waltz, (costume for summer). Composed by William Dessier. Op 2...
Print shows a woman in bloomers walking along a path in a wooded area. Copyright by William Hall & Son.
The American ram - A drawing of a man in a top hat
On the cover of a patriotic song dedicated to Lincoln's secretary of the navy Gideon Welles Uncle Sam rides a "ram," or ironclad steam vessel, down the Mississippi River. The Library's copy of the music cover w... More
Legal tender polka by F. Chase / A. McLean Lith.
Sheet music cover showing paper money. Copyright by Balmer & Weber. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
McClellan is the Man, by Henry Cromwell / Fabronius ; F.N. Carter, Lit...
Sheet music cover illustrated with half-length portrait of George B. McClellan by Fabronius after a photograph by Black & Case. Exhibited: Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial ... More
McClellan is the Man, by Henry Cromwell / Fabronius ; F.N. Carter, Lit...
Sheet music cover illustrated with half-length portrait of George B. McClellan by Fabronius after a photograph by Black & Case. Exhibited: Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial ... More
I really must be in the fashion, comic song, by Van Der Weyde / lith. ...
Sheet music cover showing girl standing in front of mirror. No. Op. 123.
Come to the forest--Duet, poetry written by T.W. Tucker, Esq. Music co...
Three women at edge of forest. Copyright by H.N. Stone. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The young pilot, a nautical ballad, words and music by Joseph W. Turne...
Sheet music cover showing lighthouse on rocks, ship and two men in small boat on high waves in storm. Albert Gurney, who was in a small boat, died in this storm. Copyright by Charles H. Keith.
La Redowa Polka, danced by Mad. Cereto & Mons. St. Leon
J. Rouvier, del. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Tippecanoe Quick Step - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...
William Henry Harrison leading attack in Battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 6, 1811. LOT subdivision subject: War of 1812. Published by Sam'l Carusi, Baltimore. Reference copy may be in Lot 4391-E. Title and other info... More
The crow quadrilles--Arranged for the pianoforte by Robt. Ashley, Esq....
Music cover with seven vignettes of caricatures of African-Americans. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dandy Jim, from Carolina; a popular Negro melody, as sung by B. Willia...
Music cover showing man looking at himself in mirror. Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The dollar schottische - sheet music cover
LOT subdivision subject: Emblems and Symbols. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published and copyrighted by S. Pearson. H.F. Greene, artist.
Aptommas' history of the harp / C. Currier's lith.
Print shows title page illustration with two angels playing harps, also shows Welsh, Irish, and Egyptian harps, and a lyre.
The Deeds of Marion's Men - Engraving, Public domain image
Marion's Brigade crossing the Pedee River on a raft. Composer: James G. Clark. LOT subdivision subject: Revolution. Published by Russell & Tolman, 291 Washington St. Lithograph by C.A. Evan's Lith. Ref. copy m... More
An evening at Oakland. Romance, composed & respectfully dedicated to t...
Print shows a view from the street of a large white building, the Oakland Female Institute, on the top of a hill, with sidewalk, pedestrians, and parkland in the foreground. Signed on stone in lower left corne... More
Warren Guards Quick Step...Capt. B.O. Wade...of Warrenton, N.C.
Civil War period music covers. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Henry McCaffrey. Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., Bal... More
The story of Gettysburg Music composed for the piano, respectfully ded...
Drawing for sheet music cover, published as A Message from the Battlefield, composed by Mark Hassler, shows wounded soldier surrounded by man, women, and a boy, with a bottle of Buchu on the bedside table.
Richmond has fallen - The Bubble Burst
Music cover. LOT subdivision subject: Civil War - Miscellaneous. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Engraved and del. by H.F. Greene. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. Index... More
We Parted by the River Side - Engraving, Public domain image
Music cover showing woman with head bowed walking from man standing by fence, along river. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copy... More
The Empty Cradle, a Beautiful Ballad
Music cover showing woman looking at cradle. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
One little curl of auburn hair--Words and music by J.H. McNaughton / C...
Sheet music cover showing young woman, seated, three-quarter length, facing left, with her head propped on her right hand, holding lock of hair. Copyright by William A. Pond & Co.
Frou Frou's Dream of Home, by Miss Lina Edwin
Music cover illustrated with girl with long hair, half length, daydreaming. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. A. ... More
Poster - The Gallant Sixty-Ninth - Public domain lithograph
69th Regt., N.G.S., N.Y. Castle Garden and Castle Williams in background. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. A.... More
Cross and Crown - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Emblems and Symbols. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co.
River of Beauty - Engraving, Public domain image
Music cover showing man and woman in boat, with man rowing and woman playing a guitar, on stream with mountains in background. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcri... More
Poster - The Bright Beyond - Public domain lithograph
Music cover showing woman seated in chair and surrounded by four angels. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Reference copy may be in LOT 4443A. Title and other information transcribed from caption ca... More
Wanted a substitute. American Civil War 1861-1865.
An illustrated sheet music cover, which protests the inequities of the draft or proscription system enacted under the Enrollment Act of 1863. The act allowed drafted men to purchase an exemption or to furnish a... More
General Harrison's log cabin marc & quick step
An illustrated Whig campaign music sheet. Before a log cabin in the wilderness Harrison greets a crippled veteran in a fashion similar to "This log cabin . . ." (no. 1840-17). In the distance is a somewhat lar... More
Home run quick step - respectfully dedicated to the members of the Mer...
Sheet music cover for piano showing baseball players on the field and spectators under the tent of the "M.B.B.C." (Mercantile Base Ball Club) in background. 168 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Lee & Walker... More
The handsome man / E. B... ; N. Currier's lith., N.Y.
Sheet music cover showing well-dressed man, with women admiring him from behind.
God save American. A grand national ode in honor of the glorious anniv...
A patriotic device adorning the cover of a song arranged and adapted from "God Save the King." The device is based on the official seal of the United States. An eagle with outstretched wings holds arrows and ol... More
The Tippecanoe quick step / J.B.N. ; John Bufford's Lith. Boston.
Print shows a music sheet cover with an illustration for the Tippecanoe quick step showing William H. Harrison on horseback, leading troops against Native Americans at the Battle of Tipecanoe, Indiana, in 1811.
Harrison quadrilles. Book illustration from Library of Congress
An illustrated sheet music cover for a set of "popular airs" for the piano, dedicated by the publisher to "Whigs of the United States." A Whig campaign piece, the work eulogizes the supposed humble rusticity of... More
Fairest flower so palely drooping / Mary Balmanno, del. ; C. Currier's...
Print showing title page illustration with entrance gate to Greenwood Cemetery. Poetry by Mrs. Balmanno, music composed by Miss Augusta Browne. This song was occasioned by the recent deeply lamented demise of a... More
Saucy Kate. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Music cover showing beautiful woman in field, holding flowers. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Fiot. Lithograph ... More
My New England home Words & music by L. Wade / / T. Sinclair's lith., ...
Two Native Americans watch as Pilgrims come ashore. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The flag of our union, a national song
Another copy, slightly different image was deposited for copyright on May 21, 1851 (M1 .A13 W; LC-USZ62-91835). Caption card tracings: Shelf. Copyright by William Hall & Son; lithograph by H. Hoff, N.Y. LOT sub... More
The Palmetto State song - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...
An illustrated cover for sheet music celebrating the South Carolina state convention on December 20, 1860, where an ordinance of secession was passed unanimously, thereby severing the state's ties with the Unio... More
General Tom Thumb's grand wedding march, composed by E. Mack. Respectf...
Music sheet cover showing Tom Thumb and wife surrounded by ten other people.
Secretary Chase's Grand March, composed for the piano
"To the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury." Music cover illustrated with fifty dollar United States Treasury note on top of 2 other U.S. Treasury notes. LOT subdivision subject: Money. Title and ... More
Jeff's double quick. The last words of the Confederacy: "Jeff's war ho...
Another comic version of Confederate President Jefferson Davis's ignominious capture by Union troops in May 1865. (See also "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A.," no. 1865-11.) Here Davis, clad as a woman and... More
Buckley's Songs and Dances - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Con...
Includes full standing portrait of G. Swaine Buckley, "Ethiopian Comedian." LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lith. by J.H. Bufford. C... More
Up in a Balloon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Transportation. Title and other information transcribed from item. Copyright by Wm. A. Pond & Co. No caption card found.
Moonbeams - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Cong...
Music cover showng man and woman standing on shore, small sail boat, row boat and castle(?) across water. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card... More
Softly The Night Breeze Is Sighing
Music cover showing beautiful woman seated on porch or looking from window, with moon, water and mountains in background. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed fr... More
My first pieces - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Mother & child & stringed instrument. LOT subdivision subject: Music and Musical Instruments. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published and copyrighted by Oliver Ditson Compa... More
Base Ball Polka - A baseball game is being played on a field
Music sheet cover showing a baseball game in progress with the pitcher about to throw the ball, the base runners are off, a player at shortstop is holding a baseball bat, and two players at third base are about... More
Legal tender polka by F. Chase / A. McLean Lith.
Sheet music cover showing paper money. Copyright by Balmer & Weber. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The young pilot, a nautical ballad, words and music by Joseph W. Turne...
Sheet music cover showing lighthouse on rocks, ship and two men in small boat on high waves in storm. Albert Gurney, who was in a small boat, died in this storm. Copyright by Charles H. Keith.
Lola Montes - Countess of Landsfeld
Portrait, three-quarters length, in her youth. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - Women [K - Unidentified]. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Sarony & Major, 11... More
Our country's flag! A new national song
Cover illustration for a patriotic song composed by George F. Cole, copyrighted in 1836. A young American seaman, holding an American flag with his right hand and raising his hat aloft with his left, stands on... More
The crow quadrilles. Piano forte by John H. Hewitt / N. Currier's lith...
Music cover with eight vignettes of caricatures of blacks. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1436.
The Indians - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover showing Indian standing, full length, between large rocks, holding spear and peacepipe. Thayer & Co. lith.
On to the charge! Inscribed to the memory of Major Ringgold . . .
An illustrated sheet music cover for a song memorializing one of the first heroes of the Mexican War, Maj. Samuel Ringgold. Zachary Taylor's innovative gunnery commander was fatally wounded in May 1846 during t... More
Music of the Ethiopian Serenaders
Music cover showing Pell playing bones, Harrington and White playing banjos, Stanwood playing accordian, and Germon playing tambourine. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information tran... More
The Sons of Columbia. A national song. Written for the Fourth of July ...
Music cover showing soldiers on parade, probably in Philadelphia, Pa. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The celebrated Varsovienne - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Con...
LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co.; lithograph by J.H. Bufford's Lith.
All hail good templars - Engraving, Public domain image
LOT subdivision subject: Fraternal Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Balmer & Weber. Lithograph by Jno McKiltrick, No. 36 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo.
General Sweeny's Grand March. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Portrait of Brig'r. Gen'l. Thomas W. Sweeny. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - Men. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithography by Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y... More
Flag of green - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover illustrated by two green flags. No. 363. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Empire Schools are free - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Co...
Music cover illustrated with woman symbolizing Liberty riding on eagle. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Protecting Angels - Mazurka by J. DeJasienska
Music cover illustrated with three angels, one of them carrying a baby. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental Religion. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J.L. Pet... More
To the united democracy. Seymour, Blair and victory!
An illustrated cover, dedicated "To The United Democracy," contains three Democratic campaign songs--"Seymour Schottisch," "Blair's Polka," and a "Tammany Grand March." Roundel bust portraits of Horatio Seymour... More
Get along old mule - Public domain engraving
African American songs, illustrated music covers. Plowing field. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Jas. M. Stewart. Engraving ... More
Tenting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground
LOT subdivision subject: Civil War - Sentimental. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Geo. H. Walker and Co.
Poster - Les Sylphes - Public domain lithograph
Music cover showing 4 women dancing in ancient Greece. LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston. Lithograp... More
Happy New Year - Public domain portrait print
Music cover showing small girl. LOT subdivision subject: Children. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston. Lithograph by Geo. Walker Lith.... More
Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.
Music cover showing a patriotic but fanciful portrayal of Union forces marching on the South at the opening of the Civil War. Led by a blue-uniformed officer with a drawn sword, a large troop of men march forwa... More
Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.
Music cover showing a patriotic but fanciful portrayal of Union forces marching on the South at the opening of the Civil War. Led by a blue-uniformed officer with a drawn sword, a large troop of men march forwa... More
Our country and flag. ... Words & music by Richard Culver / T. Sinclai...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Poor oppressed or the contraband Schottisch, by E.A. Benson / German &...
Music cover showing an African American woman with small parasol, standing, facing left. Notation on cover reads "Dedicated to Miss Dinah Dobson of Nasville, Tenn."
General Harrison's log cabin marc & quick step
An illustrated Whig campaign music sheet. Before a log cabin in the wilderness Harrison greets a crippled veteran in a fashion similar to "This log cabin . . ." (no. 1840-17). In the distance is a somewhat lar... More
Alagazam, cake walk, march & two step by Abe Holzmann / Chapman, '02.
Picture shows African American troops marching with rifles. Used as an illustrated sheet music cover for songs written by Abe Holzmann. "Copyright MCMII by Leo Feist..." pg. 1. Artists' signature, upper right ... More
The "wigwam" grand march - Public domain portrait print
Print shows Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Dedicated to the Republican Presidential Candidate. Hon. Abrm. Lincoln. Also published by: C.C. Clapp & Co.,... More
Underground Railroad March, dedicated to the North Star
Music cover showing 3 women and a man in the foreground and a railroad train in background. LOT subdivision subject: Transportation. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Lithograph by Knoe... More
Boston minstrels. The celebrated Ethiopian melodies ...
Music cover illustrated with caricatures of six minstrels in two scenes.
Long tail blue / Willig's lith.
Music cover showing man wearing top hat and coat with tails, holding monocle and walking stick.
Do they miss me at home? - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congr...
LOT subdivision subject: Eating and Drinking. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Oliver Ditson. Lithograph by Thayer & Co., Lith, Boston.