Oh! Native scenes
Farm buildings and a spire in the woods, sheep and man-made waterways.
Collection
Temple Sheet Music Collections
A diverse collection of American sheet music spanning the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring popular songs, patriotic music, ragtime, and parlor songs. The illustrated covers are themselves significant artifacts of American visual culture and commercial art.
About This Collection
Sheet music was a primary medium for popular music distribution before the phonograph era. The illustrated covers reflect prevailing tastes, social attitudes, and printing technologies of their time. This collection is drawn from Temple University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center.
3 featured items
Where are now the hopes I cherished
A woman embracing a man in Roman dress, while the man looks away; colonnades and a volcano in the background.
I'll meet thee in the lane
Woman stands next to fence on road through the woods, a church and field in the background.
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These featured items are just a sample. Browse the full Temple Sheet Music Collections at Temple University Libraries or use the IIIF collection manifest to access the data.