Contents

Collection Summary

Biog./History Note

Scope and Content Note

Organized/Arranged

Selected Search Terms

Views

War

Portraits

Topics

Music cover collection (Library of Congress)

Prepared by Prints & Photographs Division Staff

2002

Biog./History Note

Publishers of nineteenth century sheet music used illustrated covers to promote sales of popular music

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Scope and Content Note

Images reflect varied aspects of American history, culture, and politics of the nineteenth century. Examples of topics depicted include African Americans; animals; children; cities; the Civil War; daily life; dancing; educational institutions; emblems and symbols; entertainers; fashion; flags; genre scenes; landscapes; love and marriage; military personnel; musical instruments and people playing instruments; U.S. Presidents; sports; theater; transportation; and women.

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Selected Search Terms

People

• Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889, artist.
• Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907, artist.
• Grain, Frederick, artist.
• Hewitt, William Keesey, 1817-1893, artist.
• Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910, artist.
• Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865, artist.
• Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865, artist.

Subjects

• African Americans--1830-1880.
• Animals--1830-1880.
• Children--United States--1830-1880.
• Cities & towns--United States--1830-1880.
• Clothing & dress--United States--1830-1880.
• Dance--United States--1830-1880.
• Domestic life--United States--1830-1880.
• Educational facilities--United States--1830-1880.
• Emblems--1830-1880.
• Entertainers--United States--1830-1880.
• Flags--1830-1880.
• Love--1830-1880.
• Marriage--1830-1880.
• Military personnel--United States--1830-1880.
• Musical instruments--1830-1880.
• Presidents--United States--1830-1880.
• Ships--1830-1880.
• Sports--1830-1880.
• Symbols--1830-1880.
• Theatrical productions--United States--1830-1880.
• Women--1830-1880.

Places

• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music.

Form/Genre

• Engravings--1830-1880.
• Genre prints--American--1830-1880.
• Humorous pictures--1830-1880.
• Landscape prints--1830-1880.
• Lithographs--American--1830-1880.
• Sheet music--American--1830-1880.

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Organized/Arranged

Organized by broad subject (Views, War, Portraits, Topics) with eighty-eight subdivisions.

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Container List

Views

LOT 10615-1New England (ca. 23 items)

LOT 10615-2East Central States (ca. 25 items)

LOT 10615-3District of Columbia (ca. 3 items)

LOT 10615-4South (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-5Midwest (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-6Foreign views (ca. 16 items)

LOT 10615-7Discovery & exploration (ca. 2 items)

War

LOT 10615-8Revolution (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-9War of 1812 (1 item)

LOT 10615-10War with Mexico (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-11Pre Civil War (1 item)

LOT 10615-12Civil War - Battles (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-13Civil War - Sentimental (ca. 3 items)

LOT 10615-14Civil War - Miscellany (ca. 11 items)

Portraits

LOT 10615-15Presidents (ca. 16 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, A-B (ca. 37 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, C-E (ca. 47 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, F-J (ca. 40 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, K-Q (ca. 43 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, R-S (ca. 28 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, T-Z (ca. 20 items)

LOT 10615-16Portraits - Men, unidentified (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-17Portraits - Women, A-E (ca. 29 items)

LOT 10615-17Portraits - Women, F-J (ca. 25 items)

LOT 10615-17Portraits - Women, K-O (ca. 26 items)

LOT 10615-17Portraits - Women, P-R (ca. 17 items)

LOT 10615-17Portraits - Women, S-Z (ca. 25 items)

LOT 10615-17Portraits - Women, unidentified (1 item)

Topics

LOT 10615-18Animals (ca. 15 items)

LOT 10615-19Atlantic cable (ca. 4 items)

LOT 10615-20Bible scenes (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-21Birds (ca. 14 items)

LOT 10615-22Birthplace & homes (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-23Businesses (ca. 11 items)

LOT 10615-24Camps, forts, hospitals (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-25Children (ca. 61 items)

LOT 10615-26Children's fables & stories (ca. 14 items)

LOT 10615-27Churches (9 items)

LOT 10615-28Circus, carnivals, fairs (ca. 13 items)

LOT 10615-29Clipper ships (ca. 16 items)

LOT 10615-30Daily life (ca. 61 items)

LOT 10615-31Dancing (ca. 52 items)

LOT 10615-32Designs & calligraphy (ca. 15 items)

LOT 10615-33Eating & drinking (ca. 10 items)

LOT 10615-34Emblems & symbols (ca. 51 items)

LOT 10615-35Emigration (4 items)

LOT 10615-36Fashion (ca. 35 items)

LOT 10615-37Fires & firefighting (ca. 7 items)

LOT 10615-38Flags (ca. 38 items)

LOT 10615-39Flowers (ca. 9 items)

LOT 10615-40Fraternal organizations (ca. 8 items)

LOT 10615-41Gold mines & mining (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-42Harbor views (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-43Holidays (ca. 3 items)

LOT 10615-44Hotels (ca. 16 items)

LOT 10615-45Humor (ca. 29 items)

LOT 10615-46Indians of North America (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-47Industry (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-48Iron clad vessels (1 item)

LOT 10615-49Landscape (ca. 14 items)

LOT 10615-50Literature (ca. 9 items)

LOT 10615-51Log cabins (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-52Love, courtship, & marriage (ca. 62 items)

LOT 10615-53Magic (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-54Military organizations (ca. 56 items)

LOT 10615-55Mills (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-56Money (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-57Monuments (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-58Music & musical instruments (ca. 60 items)

LOT 10615-59Emancipation (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-60Uncle Tom's cabin (ca. 7 items)

LOT 10615-61African American life (ca. 13 items)

LOT 10615-62Minstrels (ca. 36 items)

LOT 10615-63Pioneers (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-64Piracy (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-65Political campaigns in the U.S. (ca. 9 items)

LOT 10615-66Political parties in the U.S. (ca. 4 items)

LOT 10615-67Political history - foreign (ca. 5 items)

LOT 10615-68Religious rites & ceremonies (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-69Religious groups (1 item)

LOT 10615-70Sailors (ca. 2 items)

LOT 10615-71Schools, Colleges, & Universities (ca. 35 items)

LOT 10615-72Sentimental - death (ca. 21 items)

LOT 10615-73Sentimental - men (ca. 7 items)

LOT 10615-74Sentimental - women (ca. 116 items)

LOT 10615-75Sentimental - religion (ca. 20 items)

LOT 10615-76Sentimental - scenes (ca. 37 items)

LOT 10615-77Sports (ca. 55 items)

LOT 10615-78Steamboats (ca. 7 items)

LOT 10615-79Steamships (ca. 6 items)

LOT 10615-80Storms at sea (ca. 12 items)

LOT 10615-81Temperance (3 items)

LOT 10615-82Theatrical productions (ca. 8 items)

LOT 10615-83Theatrical groups (ca. 27 items)

LOT 10615-84Trades & occupations (ca. 14 items)

LOT 10615-85Transportation (ca. 12 items)

LOT 10615-86Miscellany (ca. 9 items)

LOT 10615-87Miscellaneous foreign (ca. 7 items)

LOT 10615-88U.S. Navy (ca. 2 items)