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Call number
JPB 93-7
Physical description
1.87 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Song slides [graphic] : reproductions of lantern slides illustrating early 20th century popular songs, JPB 93-7. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Repository
Music Division
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Reproductions of lantern slides illustrating sixty-two popular songs.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains 1980 color slide reproductions of lantern slides illustrating sixty-two popular songs from 1900-1914. The bulk of the illustrations are photographs of young men and women acting out the words or sense of the songs.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into two boxes by size. Box 1 contains 5x7 slides and box 2 contains 11.25x15 slides.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Unknown.

Processing information

Revised by Jessica Gavilan in 2020.

Using the collection

Location

Music Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor