Shipwrecks, A-R
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 / 1.4: Boats and Boating
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1830-1979
container: label: Container
content: Box 20, Folder Q
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Most of the material dates from the 1840s to the 1870s. Both instrumental (solo piano) and vocal music is included. All pieces are about shipwrecks, maritime disasters, and rescues. Most pieces are about actual shipwrecks and relate the story of the disaster, if a vocal work, and often have a photograph of the ship or an artist's rendition of the disaster on the cover. The 1854 wreck of Captain Creighton's ship "Three Bell" inspired many composers and lithographers. Many of the early imprints have detailed lithographic illustrations. There are several works each by Henry Russell and Henry C. Work (including The Ship That Never Returned). (41 items)