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Description (Brief):

This sheet music is for the song “Blue Bell” that was written and composed by Madden and Morse and published by F.B Haviland in New York City in 1904.The cover features an illustration of a soldier saying farewell to a young lady, and a circular inset photograph of Marian Littlefield in the lower left. Littlefield would have been a vaudeville actress who featured the song in her performance, and was then pictured on the cover to help sell the sheet music.

Date Made: 1904

Publisher: F. B. Haviland

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0424.024Accession Number: 1983.0424Catalog Number: 1983.0424.024

Object Name: sheet music

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 14 in x 10 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 26.67 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-fd1e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_670838

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