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"Attend your church" the Parson cries

Description:

Printed in colors on heavy white paper; text in black.
At left and below text colored illustration of flowers and bird.
Title from first line. …

Year:

1880

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Humorous poetry

Local ID:

HB16487

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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"Bill's in trouble"

Description:

Broadsheet printed in dark blue and gray on light blue card stock in postcard format; on recto, gray band of type ornaments above and below …

Year:

1915

Contributor:

Adams, James Barton, 1843-1918 (creator)

Ranney, Cassius W. (publisher)

Genre:

broadsides

"Characters" of our town

Description:

Printed in five columns divided by single lines; rules between poems.
At head of title: Copyright--1915. All rights reserved by the author, Henry Kingsland.
Twenty-four …

Year:

1915

Contributor:

Kingsland, Henry. (creator)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Humorous poetry

Local ID:

HB03

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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"Law", and "Begone dull care": as sung by Mr. Andrews, with great applause, at the Boston Theatre

Description:

Poetry.
Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
Internal evidence suggests date approximation. Andrews debuted in Boston in 1827.

Year:

1827

Contributor:

Andrews, George H., 1798-1866 (performer)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Humorous poetry

Advisory opinions

Law > Poetry

Worry > Poetry

United States > Massachusetts > Boston

Local ID:

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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"What! rob a poor man of his Beer!"

Description:

by John Barleycorn, Jr.
Poetry and prose.
Within border of type ornaments.
First line same as title.
Includes poem in five four-line stanzas and paragraph …

Year:

1880

Contributor:

Barleycorn, John (creator)

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (publisher)

National Temperance Society and Publication House (publisher)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Temperance > Poetry

Humorous poetry

Liquor industry

United States > New York > New York

Local ID:

HB34818

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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"What! rob a poor man of his Beer!"

Description:

by John Barleycorn, Jr.
Poetry and prose.
Within border of type ornaments.
First line same as title.
Includes poem in five four-line stanzas and paragraph …

Year:

1880

Contributor:

Barleycorn, John (creator)

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (sponsor)

National Temperance Society and Publication House (publisher)

Subject:

Temperance > Poetry

Humorous poetry

Liquor industry

United States > New York > New York

Collection:

Brown University Library

Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition

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'A serenata d"o cafone

Year:: 1911
Contributor:: Meola, Carlo. (creator)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Italian American poetry; Italians > United States > Poetry; Humorous poetry
Local ID:: HB9147
Collection:: Brown University Library; Harris Broadsides

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'I che guaie stanno' America

Description:

At head of text: Strofette comiche
In an Italian dialect.

Year:

1910

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Italians > United States > Poetry

Humorous poetry

Local ID:

HB8933

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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'O pigli in cura tu

Description:

At end of text: Literary composition in verse.
In an Italian dialect.

Year:

1910

Contributor:

Ferrazzano, T. (creator)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Italians > United States

Humorous poetry

Local ID:

HB8983

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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'Tis plain to see, from day to day

Description:

At head of title hand-colored wood-engraving caricature of standing man smoking pipe.
Title from first line.
Comic valentine.
Poem in eight lines.
Suggested range of …

Year:

1860

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Smoking > Poetry

Tobacco pipes > Poetry

Humorous poetry

Local ID:

HB25307

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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1786 1886

Description:

Issued pasted into lettered illustrated pale green paper folder.
Cover title.
On page [1] reduced facsimile of front page of Syracuse herald for Sept. 1, …

Year:

1886

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Newspapers > New York > Syracuse

Humorous poetry

Syracuse (N.Y.) > History > Poetry

United States > New York > New York

Local ID:

HB32404

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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1901

Description:: Comic song about future predicts freedom for Ireland.
Year:: 1870
Contributor:: Auner, A. W. (Alfred W.) (printer.)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Future in literature; Humorous poetry; United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Local ID:: HB20916; HB
Collection:: Brown University Library; Harris Broadsides

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1901

Description:: Comic song about future predicts freedom for Ireland.
Year:: 1870
Contributor:: Auner, A. W. (Alfred W.) (printer)
Genre:: broadsides
Subject:: Future in literature; Humorous poetry; United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Local ID:: HB20916
Collection:: Brown University Library; Harris Broadsides

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1932

Description:

Poetry.
Printed in red on blue paper.
At head of title cut of ram's head on envelope captioned: Sheppard Envelope Co.
In lower margin below …

Year:

1932

Contributor:

Gruen, Ed. (creator)

Sheppard Envelope Company (publisher)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Depressions > 1929 > United States > Poetry

Humorous poetry

United States > Massachusetts > Worcester

Local ID:

HB21318

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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33 aspects of the animal world

Description:

Text in 33 numbered lines superimposed on drawing of animals in orange and magenta.
Colophon at end: A Cranium Free Poem. Cranium Press, 642 Shrader, …

Year:

1967

Contributor:

Cranium Press (publisher)

Genre:

broadsides

Subject:

Animals > Poetry

Humorous poetry

United States > California > San Francisco

Local ID:

HB24364

Collection:

Brown University Library

Harris Broadsides

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47 Ann Street is the place to sell your rags, paper and old metals: in large or small quantities

Description:

Broadsheet.
At center of title on recto wood-engraving of ragged woman bringing bundle to man ringing handbell and calling out: Rags, paper, rags, watched by …

Year:

1820

Contributor:

Whitehorne, G. A. (printer)

Genre: