THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK (EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, ALL AROUND THE TOWN)
Entry/Object ID
L.2008.56 a-b
Description
Sheet music comprised of two bound, one insert paper sheets; title page with impressionistic image of New York City street scene with tenement buildings, an elevated subway in the background, a street car, and children playing around an organ grinder and his monkey; text above and following image: "THE Sidewalks OF New York / (East side, west side, all around the town) / WITH UKELELE / ARRANGEMENTS / by Chas B. Lawlor / and James W. Blake / PAULL-PIONEER MUSIC Co. / NEW YORK / MADE / IN /U.S.A."; ink stamp in BR: "G. Schirmer / Music Store Inc. / 816 So. Broadway / Wurlitzer Bldg. / Los Angeles"; second page is an advertisement with two samples of music and lyrics; third page has three staff lines of music and lyrics with text above and below; fourth and fifth pages have four staff lines of music and lyrics each; musical notes on all three pages are heavily notated in pencil; sixth page, back cover, is an advertisement for other compositions with small lithographic reproductions of their covers.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
James W. Blake
Attribution
Composer
Manufacturer
Paull-Pioneer Music Company
Date made
1928
Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Racette list # 56
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: Tears and losses along all edges; 2 inch tear on CR edge on all pages; left edge held together with old tape.
General Notes
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E