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- Don't Leave Your Mother, 1909 -
- 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Don't Leave Your Mother, 1909
- Music Sheet, "Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home)," 1919 - By the 1920s, motion pictures became the dominant form of public entertainment--Hollywood and the movie industry reached new heights of popularity. When the first all-talking movies debuted in 1929, attendance nearly doubled. Shown in theaters nationwide, movies created a widely shared experience among moviegoers. Films influenced American culture at all levels, from manners and morals, to speech, fashions, and social and ethical values.
- 1919
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Music Sheet, "Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home)," 1919
By the 1920s, motion pictures became the dominant form of public entertainment--Hollywood and the movie industry reached new heights of popularity. When the first all-talking movies debuted in 1929, attendance nearly doubled. Shown in theaters nationwide, movies created a widely shared experience among moviegoers. Films influenced American culture at all levels, from manners and morals, to speech, fashions, and social and ethical values.
- Music Sheet, "The Man I Love," 1924 -
- 1924
- Collections - Artifact
Music Sheet, "The Man I Love," 1924
- Music Sheet, "It's the High Wave of the Tide It's a Ford," 1929 -
- 1929
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Music Sheet, "It's the High Wave of the Tide It's a Ford," 1929
- Song, "Henry Ford - A Faithful Shepherd," 1944-1949 - Acknowledging his innovative spirit, Henry Ford received hundreds of handmade gifts, from individuals employing their own original and imaginative efforts. This Thanksgiving hymn, with lyrics created by a Ford employee, was meant to be sung to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers." Although not an outwardly religious person, Henry Ford nonetheless had strong opinions on spirituality.
- 1944-1949
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Song, "Henry Ford - A Faithful Shepherd," 1944-1949
Acknowledging his innovative spirit, Henry Ford received hundreds of handmade gifts, from individuals employing their own original and imaginative efforts. This Thanksgiving hymn, with lyrics created by a Ford employee, was meant to be sung to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers." Although not an outwardly religious person, Henry Ford nonetheless had strong opinions on spirituality.
- Music Sheet, "You Can't Afford to Marry, If You Can't Afford a Ford," 1915 - The lyrics of this 1915 song suggest that buying an automobile will solve problems with your love life. Poor, carless Percy wants Mary to be his wife, but Mary wants a man with a "machine." It didn't need to be a limousine. What could Percy do? He sells his watch, buys a Ford, and both head off to the parson.
- 1915
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Music Sheet, "You Can't Afford to Marry, If You Can't Afford a Ford," 1915
The lyrics of this 1915 song suggest that buying an automobile will solve problems with your love life. Poor, carless Percy wants Mary to be his wife, but Mary wants a man with a "machine." It didn't need to be a limousine. What could Percy do? He sells his watch, buys a Ford, and both head off to the parson.
- "Good Bye! Old Glory," 1865 - The American Civil War finally ended in 1865. In September lyricist Lewis Bates and composer George F. Root produced the song "Good Bye! Old Glory" as a Union soldier's farewell to army life. In the lyrics, the victorious soldier says good-bye to marching and fighting, bids a "fond adieu" to hardtack and then doffs his army blue.
- 1865
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"Good Bye! Old Glory," 1865
The American Civil War finally ended in 1865. In September lyricist Lewis Bates and composer George F. Root produced the song "Good Bye! Old Glory" as a Union soldier's farewell to army life. In the lyrics, the victorious soldier says good-bye to marching and fighting, bids a "fond adieu" to hardtack and then doffs his army blue.
- Music Sheet, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," 1864 - The Civil War had lasted longer and taken more lives than most Americans would have imagined. In 1864, after three long years of war, Walter Kittredge published the song "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." The song's lyrics touched the weary hearts of many wishing "to see the dawn of peace," but the war would last one more year.
- 1861-1865
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Music Sheet, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," 1864
The Civil War had lasted longer and taken more lives than most Americans would have imagined. In 1864, after three long years of war, Walter Kittredge published the song "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." The song's lyrics touched the weary hearts of many wishing "to see the dawn of peace," but the war would last one more year.
- Bound Volume of Popular Music Sheets, Scored for Piano, 1854 -
- 1854
- Collections - Artifact
Bound Volume of Popular Music Sheets, Scored for Piano, 1854
- Music Sheet, "Female Suffrage," 1867 - Music rallied support around the long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. This piece of sheet music was dedicated to four early suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association; George Francis Train, who financed the group's monthly publication, <em>The Revolution</em>; and Lucy Stone, who launched the <em>Woman's Journal</em>, another women's rights newspaper.
- 1867
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Music Sheet, "Female Suffrage," 1867
Music rallied support around the long fight for women's suffrage, or equal voting rights. This piece of sheet music was dedicated to four early suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Woman Suffrage Association; George Francis Train, who financed the group's monthly publication, The Revolution; and Lucy Stone, who launched the Woman's Journal, another women's rights newspaper.