Little Bird's Nest - Engraving, Public domain image
Music cover showing bird with nest in tree, small sail boat on water and windmill. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by... More
The Opera Polka as danced by Mlle. Caroltta Grisi & Mons. Perrot
Caption continues: Arranged by Signor Pugni. Printed on lower right: Price 38 cts. nett [sic]. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
"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
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
Mittie Stephens March. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Music cover showing the steamboat MITTIE STEPHENS. LOT subdivision subject: Steamboats. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by A. McLean lith., St. Louis. Caption card... More
Patriot's Quick Step - Engraving, Public domain image
Dedicated to delegates of the Bunker Hill Whig Convention, presumably illustrating Battle of Breed's Hill, June 17, 1775.
Jim Crow Jubilee - A black and white drawing of a group of animals
Sheet music cover illustration with caricatures of ragged African American musicians and dancers. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Co... More
Jullien's American Quadrille - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...
LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by S. C. Jollie. Lithograph by F. Michelin & Shattuck, 225 Fulton St., N.Y.
Ho! For the Kansas Plains during American Civil War
Music cover showing Indian and settler with inset scene of battle between pro- and anti-slavery forces. Composer: Jas. G. Clark. LOT subdivision subject: Pre-Civil War. Title and other information transcribed f... More
Our land a national song - A black and white image of a woman holding ...
An illustrated sheet music cover for a song by George W. Babcock (Thomas Comer, composer) and dedicated to Samuel R. Spinney, Esq. The design shows Columbia or American Liberty (center) wearing a gorgon's head... More
Prize banner polka - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Patently militaristic propaganda for the Union cause in the form of a sheet music cover illustration. Columbia or Liberty stands on the ramparts of a fortress near a cannon pointed across a harbor toward a moun... More
Union march - Public domain music sheet scan
An illustrated sheet music cover for a Unionist song by Hans Krummacher, dedicated to Maryland Democratic senator James Alfred Pearce. The cover is adorned with a drawing of the goddess Hebe, the mythological G... More
April shower mazurka / T. Sinclair's lith., Philadelphia.
Sheet music cover showing three young women under umbrella. No. 491.
Skating Galop by Theo. G. Boettger
LOT subdivision subject: Sports. "Lady Skaters" printed at top of print. File print may be in LOT 4432G. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by W.R. Smith. Lithograph b... More
The American stamp polka by Maria Seguin / lith. of Sarony, Major & Kn...
Music cover illustrated with copies of cancelled postage stamps. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The House That Jack Built - Engraving, Public domain image
Music cover - cartoon showing men, horses and dogs in and on circular horn, in the center of which is a small barn type building. LOT subdivision subject: Children's Fables and Stories. Title and other informat... More
Mr. Dan Bryant - Public domain portrait engraving
Music cover - The Songs of Shamus O'Brien - in the center is an oval bust of Dan Bryant, facing right. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - Men - [A-B]. Title and other information transcribed from caption card... More
The Heroine's March by C.F. Escher
Music cover illustrated with bare-breasted woman carrying sword crossing stream.
O'er graves of the loved ones Poetry and music by John P. Ordway, M.D....
Print showing title page illustration with a woman, man, and children decorating a tombstone with flowers. Inscription: Oliver Ditson & Co. Proprietors, 16 July 1867, vol. 42 p. 747.
The Regular Army O! - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover for satirical song about post-Civil War army life. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Lithograph published by William A. Po... More
Poster - Visions of rest - Waltzes - Public domain lithograph
LOT subdivision subject: Music and Musical Instruments. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Oliver Ditson Co. Lithograph by Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Star spangled banner Transcribed for the piano by Ch. Voss / / J. Quee...
Sheet music for the "Star Spangled Banner" with illustrated cover showing a Union soldier holding the American flag at a military encampment with tents, a cannon, and rifles in the background. Marian S. Carson ... More
Drawing room polkas--Arranged for the piano forte / Thayer & Cos. Lith...
Sheet music cover showing man and woman dancing. No. 1. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, 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 flag, a new national lyric by Revd. J.B. Dickson of Scotl...
Woman dressed in red, white, and blue, with stars on skirt, holding sword and U.S. flag.
Pea Ridge march. Respectfully dedicated to Maj. General Franz Sigel, ...
Music cover illustrated with Gen. Sigel at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
Suspension Bridge Grand March / Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cin.
Print shows illustrated title page to sheet music for Suspension Bridge Grand March by Henry Mayer, which celebrates the opening of the John A. Roebling Bridge on the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Cov... More
The battle of New Orleans / T. Sinclair's lith., Philadelphia.
Music cover showing naval battle. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Dan Bryant's popular comic song, How are you green-backs? As sung by h...
Print of sheet music cover shows paper currency printed with portrait of Dan Bryant for song written by E. Bowers and arranged by Charles Glover. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Wm. A.... More
Oh! God preserve the mariner. - Public domain book illustration, Libra...
Music cover showing ocean steamer in heavy sea. LOT subdivision subject: Storms (Sea). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Fleetwood. Published by Firth & Hall. Cap... More
The "contraband" schottische - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...
A sheet music cover with a comic scene of escaping slaves, produced around the time of Union general Benjamin F. Butler's declaration of such fugitives as contraband of war. (See "The (Fort) Monroe Doctrine," n... More
Satterlee polka for the piano P.S. Duval & Son, Lith. Philadelphiada. ...
Print shows an elevated view from a distant hillside of the Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital; also shows people resting and walking along a roadway through a wooded landscape toward the hospital. Caption cont... 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.
The Little homeless one or "no one to kiss me good night" / lith. of P...
Print shows a man leaning against a lamppost in an alley and a small child huddled against a wooden container outside a drinking establishment.
The Last Parting. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Musical Cover - woman leaning on a man in front of cottage, with boats on bay in the background. LOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Publishe... More
Farewell old cottage (to Mrs. Harry Woods)
LOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Written and composed by Stephen C. Foster. Lithograph by Sarony & Major. Published by Firth, Pond & Co.
K N quick step dedicated to the Know Nothings
A sheet music cover illustrated with an ornamental vignette and motifs alluding to the Know Nothing party. In the center a nocturnal procession of men in tricornered hats, holding bayonets and a banner with a s... More
Viva l'America. Home of the free
An illustrated cover for a patriotic song sheet. The iconography of the illustration, like the song, has militaristic overtones. On a large shield in the center of the composition perches an eagle. Rays of ligh... More
God and our union - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
An illustrated sheet music cover for a Unionist song, "God and Our Union," composed by Leopold Meignen with words by Louis Dela. The illustration features four maidens, each representing a section of the United... More
Strike Down Secession Types, by George Newton
Music cover illustrated with Union soldier holding U.S. flag and sword. LOT subdivision subject: Emblems and Symbols. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by George Newton.
The Gal with the balmoral - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...
Romantic ice skating scene. LOT subdivision subject: Sports. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Russell & Patee. Lithograph by J.H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.
If I Were A Fish - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover showing a man holding a pipe and leaning on a stump, in front of a wall of advertisements. LOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Pu... More
Idas Mazurka composed by Louis Hazelmayer, professor of music and magi...
Hazelmayer is playing "Stylocarfe" (marimba). LOT subdivision subject: Music and Musical Instruments. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by L. Haselmeyer. Lithograph b... More
Atlantic telegraph polka The Niagara & Agamemnon commencing to lay the...
Music cover showing the ships Niagara and Agamemnon laying transatlantic cable, and map of the telegraph between America and Europe. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co.
The Little homeless one or "no one to kiss me good night" / lith. of P...
Print shows a man leaning against a lamppost in an alley and a small child huddled against a wooden container outside a drinking establishment.
Auf Carl von Rotteck's Tod - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Con...
Music cover illustrating funeral dirge for eminent German historian. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Death. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J. G. Weffelho... More
General George Cadwalladers Parade March
Music cover showing soldier in uniform with tents and soldiers drilling in background. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyri... More
Monterey, A National Song - Respectfully dedicated to Genl. Zachary T...
LOT subdivision subject: War with Mexico. Title and other information transcribed from item. Published by Wm. VanDerBeek, 305 Broadway. No caption card found in file.
I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine
Musical cover showing man and woman by stream with water mill. LOT subdivision subject: Love, Courtship and Marriage. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published and copyrighte... More
Spring flower polka / Wagner & McGuigans Lith Stream Press.
Public domain sheet music, notation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honor to Washington. A national ode
An elaborate emblem to the memory of George Washington, illustrating the cover of a song in his honor composed by B. A. Burditt. The song, according to the text, was written "Expressly for the celebration of th... More
The stars and stripes forever - Engraving, Public domain image
An illustrated sheet music cover for "The Stars and Stripes Forever," a song dedicated to the United States Volunteers by William J. Lemon. A figure representing the Constitution is shown wearing a Phrygian cap... More
Patrick's Day Parade - To the Honorable James Hayes, New York
Musical cover showing a shabbily dressed couple, each holding a flag. LOT subdivision subject: Holidays. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Wm. A. Pond; Lithograph by R. Tel... More
Three strikes two-step, by A.W. Bauer, late of Sousa's band--Dedicated...
Sheet music cover showing John Philip Sousa (front row, center) and his baseball team.
The heroe of New Orleans battle of the memorable 8th January 1815 - co...
Print shows a music sheet cover depicting Andrew Jackson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.
Clinging to the Cross - Public domain book illustration, Library of Co...
Music cover of woman clinging to cross. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Religion. Reference copy may be in LOT 4443C. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Geor... More
"O Whistle and I'll Come to you my lad"
3 poor vignettes of everyday life in Scotland; music cover; late 19th century. LOT subdivision subject: Love, Courtship and Marriage. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Publishe... More
The Tippecanoe or log cabin quick step / Bufford.
Sheet music cover for a melody composed by Henry Schmidt and dedicated to Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. A wreath of entwined branches, between which appear the seals of the states, is surm... More
Blake's patriotic log cabin music
A Whig campaign song in praise of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with a rural tableau of the candidate's fabled log cabin on the Ohio River. The cabin stands in a clearing, and flies an American flag. A ci... More
Gov. Wright's grand march - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...
An illustrated sheet music cover, for a march celebrating the election of Silas Wright as governor of New York. Wright, a popular and influential Democrat and Van Buren ally, was elected in November 1844. The ... More
Gov. Seabrook's quick step - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Con...
A sheet music cover illustrated with an allegorical vignette incorporating the arms of the state of South Carolina. The quickstep was composed by Geo. F. Cole for the Washington Light Infantry and dedicated by ... More
The Skaters Song - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Illustrated music cover. LOT subdivision subject: Sports. File print may be in LOT 4432G. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by L. B. Powell. Lithograph by Major & Knapp.
John Philip Sousa seated at a desk and looking at "The Invincible Eagl...
H6172 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographer's name from copyright catalog.
All hail to the flag of freedom / Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lith., N.Y.
Music cover showing Union soldier holding flag. Copyright by William W. Skaats.
The two standards bearers, the day after battle / E.B. Bensell, del. ;...
Music cover showing wounded soldier seated on ground in battlefield, holding up flag in one hand and a sword in the other. Copyright by Matthew C. Bogia. No. 134.
Beautiful May. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Music cover illustrated with woman leaping and holding wreath of flowers above her head. May pole dance in background. LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card... More
The Norfolk Guards Quick Step, as performed by the Boston Brigade band...
Music cover, showing officer of the Norfolk Guards in dress uniform with sword. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Reference copy may be in LOT 4424 Title and other information transcribed from ca... More
The American Marseillaise, or voice of the people
An illustrated sheet music cover for a Whig campaign song, "The American Marseillaise," composed by Benjamin Cahill to mark the July 4, 1844, Boston Clay rally. In keeping with the title and the occasion of the... More
The flag of our union, a national song
A patriotic allegory illustrating the cover of sheet music for a song composed by William Vincent Wallace with words by George P. Morris. The theme of the indissoluble union of North and South is evoked here, ... More
Our Land, by George W. Babcock and Thomas Comer
Music cover illustrated with female personifications of Peace kneeling, Liberty holding flag and shield alongside eagle.