Sheet music comprised of twelve bound paper sheets; title cover with black and white cameo profile of a woman on a mauve colored background; at bottom center is a rectangular image of the publisher's building; text beneath cameo: "fay foster / Five Miniatures / of Child Life / "Fischer Edition" "Price" / "No 4638" "1.25 net" / J. fischer & bro. - new york"; pencil inscription at top: "Barbara"; second page is blank; third page repeats the cameo image and text of the cover, replacing "Fischer Edition No 4638, the image of the building and Price 1.25 net" in the bottom center with the titles of pieces in the book: "LITTLE MISS CENTRAL PARK WEST / THE STRANGE LOOKING GLASS / RIVERSIDE DRIVE VERSUS AVENUE A / SWINGING / BUMPTY BUM ! / $1.25 net / Verses by Jane Burr / Published separately: / SWINGING . . . . net .60 / Medium, G"; fourth page is blank; fifth through sixteenth pages have staff lines of music and lyrics; seventeenth page has text with instructions for playing "Bumpty Bum !"; eighteenth through twenty-first pages have staff lines of music and lyrics; twenty-second page is an advertisement for sheet music; twenty-third page is blank; back cover is and advertisement for "TALKING MACHINE RECORDS".
; image of a small shop on bottom of page.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Fay Foster
Attribution
Composer
Manufacturer
J. Fischer & Bro.
Date made
1919
Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Racette list # 44
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
12-1/4 in
Width
9-1/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (31.1 x 23.2 cm)
Material
Paper, ink
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Slight discoloration on title cover and pages throughout; paper binding splitting.
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E