Star Spangled Banner, transcribed for the piano by Charles Voss
Music cover illustrated with Union soldier holding U.S. flag. Same image as "Our Country's Flag" (LC-USZ62-89329). LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and i... More
Major Anderson's March - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congres...
LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - Men [A - B]. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Edw. Mendel, Chicago.
U.S. Army Calls - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Sarony, Major & Knapp. Copyright by Firth, Pond & Co.
Zip coon - Print, Library of Congress collection
Music cover(?) showing caricature of an extravagantly dressed African American man. Copyright by Endicott & Swett. Composed by G.W. Dixon, national vocalist. Title transcribed from item.
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.
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.
The old Union wagon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
An ambivalent but essentially pro-Lincoln illustration appearing on a song by John Hogarth Lozier, dedicated to the composer's "Comrades the 37th Indiana Regiment and all who love Our Brave Soldier Boys." Linc... More
Treasury rats - Sung by all the Minstrels
LOT subdivision subject: Money. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
American Petroleum by J.J. Watson
Music cover showing the Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pa., with oil wells, barrels, etc. LOT subdivision subject: Industry. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. Hall. Col... More
For Seymour, Blair and Liberty - Public domain print
An illustrated cover for a campaign song written for Democratic candidates Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair, Jr. Bust portraits of Seymour and Blair are separated by two cornucopias spilling over with flow... More
Miss Adelaide Phillipps' Songs - Public domain portrait print
Music cover illustrated with half-length portrait of Miss Phillipps. Copyright by G.D. Russell & Co.
American collection / George H. Walker & Co. lith., Boston.
Proof with registration marks for sheet music cover for the "American Collection" showing the Statue of Liberty, Indepencence Hall in Philadelphia, the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., a bust portrait of Georg... More
Yankee Robinson, Bull Run grand daddle / Chicago Lithographic Co.
Music cover showing five Civil War scenes: men volunteering in Vermont, Soldiers drilling on the Potomac, Union army overrunning Confederate civilians, Union army marching to Richmond and the Blackhorse cavalry.
Bugaboo Schottisch. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Wild-eyed, whiskered giant with fangs, pointed ears and plumed hat capturing terror-stricken children in bedroom. LOT subdivision subject: Children's Fables and Stories. Title and other information transcribed ... More
O! Take the Rose, 'Tis Blighted
Music cover showing sorrowful looking woman in front of fountain and cabin. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Klemm &... More
Keith's Quick Step, arranged for the piano forte by Joseph W. Turner
Music cover showign Keith's Music Publishing House, corner of Court St. and Cornhill, Boston. LOT subdivision subject: Business establishments. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old capti... More
![General [William Jenkins] Worth's Quick Step](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDYvMDEvMDEvZ2VuLXdtLWplbmtpbnMtd29ydGhzLXF1aWNrLXN0ZXAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "General [William Jenkins] Worth's Quick Step")
General [William Jenkins] Worth's Quick Step
Music cover showing U.S. troops in battle in the Mexican War. LOT subdivision subject: War with Mexico. Reference copy may be in LOT 4414-T. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. C... More
Palo Alto Triumphant - Grand March...to the memory of the late Major R...
Music cover, illustrated with five scenes of teh Battle of Palo Alto, Mexico, May 8, 1846. LOT subdivision subject: War with Mexico. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Caption c... More
Chicora the original name of Carolina. Respectfully dedicated to the p...
Although printed in Philadelphia, the sheet music on which this illustrated cover appears is clearly Southern in sympathy. Within an ornate acanthus framework is a large palmetto tree, symbol of South Carolina.... More
The Flag of Columbia Shall Float O'er Us Still, by H. Millard
Music cover showing Union soldier and saior holding U.S. flag in foreground, battle scene and ships in background. LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and i... More
The Rainbow Temperance Song - Dedicated to the Sons of Temperance and ...
Music cover showing man and woman standing in foreground and rainbow in background.
Silver Sounds - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover showing man fishing, boat on river or lake, mountain in background. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ol... More
Song portion of "Happy Days are Here Again". First page of sheet music
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
John Philip Sousa seated at a desk and looking at "The Invincible Eagl...
H6172 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographer's name from copyright catalog.
Hail! Glorious banner of our land. Spirit of the Union / Gibson & Co. ...
Patriotic music cover showing woman holding U.S. flag. Copyright by Mrs. Mary Farrell Moore.
Brigand Polka. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Lucille Grohn & M. Perrot. LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Wm. Hall & Son, 239 Broadway. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; B.I... More
City Guards Quick Step - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...
Music cover showing militia drilling on Boston Common, Old Elm in background. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ol... More
Waltz De La Rose - Public domain book scan / drawing
Musical cover showing two cupids holding a rose. LOT subdivision subject: Flowers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by H. Prentiss. Lithograph by Thayer, successor t... More
My Early Home. Book illustration from Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Log Cabins. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Published and copyrighted by Oliver Ditson; lithograph by Thayer & Co., Lith., Boston.
Young America polka - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Sheet music cover for a polka by P. H. Vanderweide, "Dedicated to Capt. Ingraham." Capt. Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham became a popular hero when he interceded with the Turkish government on behalf of Hungarian fre... More
Cincinnati Rover Guards quick step
LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Printed by Klauprech & Menzel.
America. A national song - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congr...
An allegorical illustration on the cover of a patriotic song, dedicated to the "National Guards of Philadelphia." A pronouncedly decollete Columbia or Liberty figure sits astride a bald eagle which flies over t... More
Our national Confederate anthem, Confederate States of America.
One of the rare illustrated sheet music covers issued under the Confederacy. Published by the composer in Richmond, this edition features a Confederate soldier who kneels on one knee holding a large flag with ... More
Dixie's nurse, Confederate States of America.
An illustrated sheet music cover for a comic song, published "for the benefit of the Soldiers Home Fair, Milwaukee, Wis." The cover is adorned with a caricature of an obese Britannia, seated and holding a tride... More
Golden Echoes - coin, public domain photograph
Music cover showing bells in tower and small sail boat on water. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & C... More
Dew Drops - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover showing cupids, fountain, and swan. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co.
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.
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.
Gov. Morton's grand march - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Cong...
An allegorical design on the cover of a piano-music composition dedicated to the newly elected Democratic governor of Massachusetts, Marcus Morton. The illustration's central motif is based on the state seal, s... More
The Constitution, the gem of the ocean
LOT subdivision subject: U.S. Navy. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by George Stimpson. Lithograph by Tappan & Bardford's Lith.
Ode to liberty. Cordially dedicated to all the human race
A sheet music cover, illustrated with the personification of Liberty in the form of the helmeted goddess Minerva. Her helmet is adorned with a laurel wreath and four large plumes. With her left arm she support... More
Song to our flag - "Hail That Great and Glorious Banner," by A.W. Burn...
Music cover showing eagle carrying U.S. flag.
Freedom, truth and right, grand march / Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp...
Music cover showing banner with emblem of 51st Regiment N.Y.S.V. Shepard Rifles. Copyright by E.A. Daggett. No. 5.
La Crosse - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover showing Native Americans and white men playing La Crosse. LOT subdivision subject: Sports. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by W.C. Chewett 7 Co. Lith.,... More
The Dissatisfied Man, or "Any Thing to Make a Change"
Musical cover showing a beautiful woman standing with a smile trying to cheer a man seated with a frown. LOT subdivision subject: Humor. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Publi... More
St. Louis skating rink waltz - Public domain book illustration, Librar...
LOT subdivision subject: Sports Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Compton & Doan. Lithograph by Studley & Co. Date not recorded on caption card or item. Date bas... More
Wanda Polka Mazurka. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Music cover illustrated with man dancing with two women. LOT subdivision subject: Dancing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by J.H. Buffords. Published by Oliver Di... More
National melodies. Book illustration from Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by N. Vanderbeck. Lithograph by Sarony, Major & Knapp. Date not recorded on caption card or item. ... More
The National Whig Song, by William Hayden
Music cover illustrated with head and shoulders portrait of William Henry Harrison. LOT subdivision subject: Presidents. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Parker &... More
The Old Constitution, the pride of our navy
LOT subdivision subject: U.S. Navy. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by George Stimpson, Jr. Lithograph by Tappan & Bradford's Lith.
Jenny Lind's Home Sweet Home - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...
Music cover showing man and a woman holding a child outside a house. LOT subdivision subject: Daily Life. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by S. W. Chandler & Bro.,... More
Liberty and union - A black and white image of a union bank note
An allegorical Unionist sheet music cover for a song by Ohio composer J.T. Wamelink with lyrics by C.B. Barr. Beneath an arch "Union," which rests on two bases "Liberty" and "Law," sits a classical female figur... More
Jeff's Race for the Last Ditch!
Another version of Jefferson Davis's capture by Union cavalry. (See "The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the Confederacy," no. 1865-11.) The image appears on the cover of a musical piece dedicated to Davis's captor, "Li... More
Hurrah for the Old Flag!, written by W. Dexter Smith, Jr., music by M....
Music cover showing Union soldier holding U.S. flag. LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by G.D. Russell. Engraving by H.F. Greene.
"Es sprach der Herr von Hindenburg" / Zeichnung v. Walther Krötzsch.
Print shows Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany, bust portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform. On verso is printed the sheet music with text for the song "Es sprach der Herr von Hindenburg" direc... More
Yankee Robinson, Bull Run grand daddle / Chicago Lithographic Co.
Music cover showing five Civil War scenes: men volunteering in Vermont, Soldiers drilling on the Potomac, Union army overrunning Confederate civilians, Union army marching to Richmond and the Blackhorse cavalry.
The Queen's Waltzes. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Portrait of Victoria, Queen of England, half-length, sitting, in regalia on music composed by D'Albert. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and ... More
The orphans prayer / T. Sinclair's lith, Philadelphia.
Young girl in graveyard, angel looks down from sky. Title continues: Respectfully dedicated to Miss Sallie Orne by E. Mack.
Richmond Scarlet Guard Quick Step...dedicated to Capt. John D. Munford
Music cover showing full figure of Capt. Munford with militia unit marching in background. LOT subdivision subject: Military Organizations. Reference copy may be in LOT 4424. Title and other information transcr... More
The Georgia melodies. As sung by the Georgia Champions / Lith. of E.W....
Music cover illustrated with couple dancing on porch. Public domain scan of dance performance printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gems of the minstrelsy, Perham's opera vocalists
LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J.S. Paine. Lithograph by J.G. Chandler, Lith., Boston.
Ho! For the Kansas plains - Public domain engraving
An illustrated sheet music cover for an antislavery song, dedicated to abolitionist spokesman Henry Ward Beecher. The illustration features a roundel illustration of the burning of the Free State Hotel in Lawre... More
The soldier's vision - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Music cover. LOT subdivision subject: Civil War - Sentimental. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by T. Sinclair.
Nobody's Child - Public domain portrait engraving
Music cover - bust of pretty girl with shawl or blanket wrapped around shoulders.
The Wandering Minstrel's Serenade
Music cover showing ragged street musicians: organ grinder, violin, horn, woman with tambourine, and man singing; dog barking in foreground. LOT subdivision subject: Music and Musical Instruments. Title and oth... More