Sheet music comprised of three bound paper sheets; title page in blue with orange highlights consisting of a painted image of the Flatiron Building in an oval frame set within columns with figural faces for the capitals and a pediment with text: "TAKE ME BACK/ TO NEW-YORK TOWN"; text on the base of right hand column: "GENE BUCK"; three sections below combine with main image to form a shield-like shape; first section contains text: "WORDS BY/ ANDREW B STERLING/ MUSIC BY/ HARRY VON-TILZER/ HARRY VON TILZER/ MUSIC PUBLISHING CO./ 37 W 28TH ST. NEW YORK, ALSO CHICAGO, FRISCO, LONDON"; second section is a lithograph of a group of four men with the inscription, "Empire City Quartette."; third section is a lithograph portrait of a man inscribed "Harry Von Tilzer/ OUR TRADEMARK.; text above and following images; oval ink stamp in bottom right hand corner with partially readable text: "__ BROS./ SHEE_ MUSIC DEPT."; inside front cover has music sample: "When The Flowers Bloom in Spring-time."/ "Molly Dear."/ with a copyright date of 1906; third page has 4 staff lines of music and lyrics with title above and "Copyright 1907 by Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co. 37 W. 28th St. N.Y./ "All Rights Reserved." "English Copyright Secured." below; fourth and fifth pages have four staff lines of music and lyrics each; sixth page (back cover) is printed in blue and has music sample: "In the Evening by the Moonlight, Dear Louise".
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Harry Von Tilzer
Attribution
Composer
Manufacturer
Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company
Date made
1907
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Racette list # 31
L.2008.31
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Overall
Height
13-5/8 in
Width
10-3/4 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 10 3/4 in. (34.6 x 27.3 cm)
Material
Paper, ink
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Light brown spots on title page; circular stain BLC title page; slight tears along page edges; loss of TLC.
General Notes
Note Type
General Note
Note
L.2008.137, "Take Me Back to New York Town", has a similar cover with two World War I soldiers and the Eiffel Tower added at the bottom and "THE SONG THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE SINGING 'OVER THERE' " across the top.
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E