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Description
Broadsides were a format consisting of a single sheet of lyrics meant for mass publication. This collection consists of approximately 2600 broadsides published in the United States between 1850 and the early 1900s on a variety of topics.
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1850 - 1900 (Approximate)
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: B-Amer.
Notes
Content: Broadsides were an inexpensive format consisting of a single sheet of lyrics meant for mass publication. This collection consists of approximately 2600 broadsides published in the United States between 1850 and the early 1900s on a variety of topics. The broadside texts were intended to be sung to existing, widely-known melodies and do not contain musical notation.
Physical Description
Extent: 15 linear feet (49 boxes)
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: B-Amer.
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17066233
MSS Unit ID: 20429
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9dbe90e0-bb4d-0139-7712-0242ac110003
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