Music cover collection (Library of Congress)
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2002696074
General International Standard for Archival Description
Prints & Photographs Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
Finding aid converted Prints & Photographs Division staff May, 2002
Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Music cover collection 1830-1880
ca. 1,700 prints : chiefly lithographs, b&w and color, 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.
Biographical History for: Music cover collection 1830-1880
Biog./History Note Publishers of nineteenth century sheet music used illustrated covers to promote sales of popular music
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.
series
Views
file
New England
East Central States
District of Columbia
South
Midwest
Foreign views
Discovery & exploration
War
Revolution
War of 1812
War with Mexico
Pre Civil War
Civil War - Battles
Civil War - Sentimental
Civil War - Miscellany
Portraits
Presidents
Portraits - Men, A-B
Portraits - Men, C-E
Portraits - Men, F-J
Portraits - Men, K-Q
Portraits - Men, R-S
Portraits - Men, T-Z
Portraits - Men, unidentified
Portraits - Women, A-E
Portraits - Women, F-J
Portraits - Women, K-O
Portraits - Women, P-R
Portraits - Women, S-Z
Portraits - Women, unidentified
Topics
Animals
Atlantic cable
Bible scenes
Birds
Birthplace & homes
Businesses
Camps, forts, hospitals
Children
Children's fables & stories
Churches
Circus, carnivals, fairs
Clipper ships
Daily life
Dancing
Designs & calligraphy
Eating & drinking
Emblems & symbols
Emigration
Fashion
Fires & firefighting
Flags
Flowers
Fraternal organizations
Gold mines & mining
Harbor views
Holidays
Hotels
Humor
Indians of North America
Industry
Iron clad vessels
Landscape
Literature
Log cabins
Love, courtship, & marriage
Magic
Military organizations
Mills
Money
Monuments
Music & musical instruments
Emancipation
Uncle Tom's cabin
African American life
Minstrels
Pioneers
Piracy
Political campaigns in the U.S.
Political parties in the U.S.
Political history - foreign
Religious rites & ceremonies
Religious groups
Sailors
Schools, Colleges, & Universities
Sentimental - death
Sentimental - men
Sentimental - women
Sentimental - religion
Sentimental - scenes
Sports
Steamboats
Steamships
Storms at sea
Temperance
Theatrical productions
Theatrical groups
Trades & occupations
Transportation
Miscellany
Miscellaneous foreign
U.S. Navy