Railroads, N - Z
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 1: Transportation / 1.7: Railroads
container: label: Container
content: Box 24, Folder B
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The bulk of the material is from the second half of the nineteenth century. Many of the pieces refer to specific railroad lines and some of the song sheets served as advertising for the railroad or vacation resorts serviced by the railroad. Both vocal and instrumental music is included. Many pieces have illustrated lithographic covers depicting trains in various landscapes. (32 items)