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A ballad of the beard

Description:
  • W. K.
  • Page [4] blank.
  • On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Hope and Watson Kirkconnell.
  • Caption title.
  • Poem in 10 four-line stanzas.
Year:
1971
Contributor:
Kirkconnell, Watson, 1895- (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Beards > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Canadian poetry
Canada > Nova Scotia > Wolfville
Local ID:
HB26009
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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A ballad of the beard

Description:
  • W. K.
  • Page [4] blank.
  • On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Hope and Watson Kirkconnell.
  • Caption title.
  • Poem in 10 four-line stanzas.
Year:
1971
Contributor:
Kirkconnell, Watson, 1895- (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Beards > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Canadian poetry
Canada > Nova Scotia > Wolfville
Local ID:
HB26009
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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The ballad of the picnic that did not click

Description:
  • At end of text: Colonel Philippe Bridau.
Year:
1943
Contributor:
Royce, William Hobart, b. 1878 (creator)
Royce, William Hobart, b. 1878 (signer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Picnics > Anecdotes
Humorous poetry
Local ID:
HB14445
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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The ballad of the spare-ribs

Description:
  • Printed in two columns.
  • At end of text: Angelo.
Year:
1944
Contributor:
Royce, William Hobart, b. 1878 (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Humorous poetry
Dinners and dining > Poetry
Local ID:
HB14679
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Barney Brallaghan, and Mistress Callaghan

Description:
  • Poetry.
  • Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
  • Between first and second lines of title, wood-engraving of flying bird holding Irish harp …
Year:
1825
Contributor:
Brown, Christian, 1780?-1840 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Courtship > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
United States > New York > New York
Local ID:
HB37359 NY
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Barney leave the girls alone, and The woodman's hut

Description:
  • Poetry and prose.
  • Printed in two columns divided by ruled line of advertising: Sold wholesale and retail, by J.G. & H. Hunt, at N.E. corner …
Year:
1834
Contributor:
Ward, Charles (creator)
Hunt, Hiram (bookseller)
Hunt, John G., fl. 1834-1841 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Humorous poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB10456 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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The Baron Munchausen

Description:
  • Broadsheet advertising card printed in colors on heavy white paper; text in black.
  • On recto colored illustration of boy fairy with box of tobacco sitting …
Year:
1870
Contributor:
A. Hoen & Co (publisher)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Baron > Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von > 1720-1797 > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Advertising cards
United States > Maryland > Baltimore
Local ID:
HB21246 MD
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Le baron Pomme de Terre

Description:
  • by William Henry Taylor, author of "Canadian Seasons," etc.
  • Within double-line border.
  • English poem with French title.
  • Poem in four eight-line stanzas.
  • At end of …
Year:
1917
Contributor:
Taylor, William Henry. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Potatoes > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Canadian poetry
Canada > Ontario > Toronto
Local ID:
HB24127
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Be good, be good: a poem

Description:
  • by Mark Twain.
  • Poetry.
  • French fold; printed on double page.
  • Page [4] blank.
  • Printed in green on cream paper.
  • Cover title.
  • On page [2] facsimile …
Year:
1931
Contributor:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (creator)
Johnson, Merle De Vore, 1874-1935
Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays (Brown University)
Genre:
broadsides (notices)
Subject:
Virtue > Poetry
Humorous poetry
United States > New York > New York
Local ID:
HB
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Be good, be good: a poem

Description:
  • by Mark Twain.
  • Poetry.
  • French fold; printed on double page.
  • Page [4] blank.
  • Printed in green on cream paper.
  • Cover title.
  • On page [2] facsimile …
Year:
1931
Contributor:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (creator)
Johnson, Merle De Vore, 1874-1935 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Virtue > Poetry
Humorous poetry
United States > New York > New York
Local ID:
HB36268
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Be good, be good: a poem

Description:
  • by Mark Twain.
  • Poetry.
  • French fold; printed on double page.
  • Page [4] blank.
  • Printed in green on cream paper.
  • Cover title.
  • On page [2] facsimile …
Year:
1931
Contributor:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (creator)
Johnson, Merle De Vore, 1874-1935 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Virtue > Poetry
Humorous poetry
United States > New York > New York
Local ID:
HB14130
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Beecher at the opera

Description:
  • Printed on pink paper in 2 columns divided by single line.
  • At head text: A report, as published in the New York Daily Journal .. …
Year:
1883
Contributor:
Tyler, P. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Beecher, Henry Ward > 1813-1887 > Poetry
Metropolitan Opera House (New York, N.Y.) > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Local ID:
HB4050
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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The bell and the tree

Description:
  • 1 broadsheet.
Year:
1915
Contributor:
Tousley, William H. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Liberty Bell > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Baths, Hot-air > Poetry
Poetry of places
Conshohocken (Pa.) > Poetry
Local ID:
HB1955
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Ben Johnson as he wrote it then ... as he might write it now

Description:
  • At end of text: Imagined and transcribed by Edmund Vance Cooke.
Year:
1919
Contributor:
Cooke, Edmund Vance, 1866-1932 (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Humorous poetry
Local ID:
HB16374
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Betsey Baker: and, Sweet home

Description:
  • Poetry.
  • Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments; sectional type ornament between poems.
  • Betsey Baker has nine stanzas instead of the usual …
Year:
1823
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Courtship > Poetry
Home > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Local ID:
HB10581
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Betsey Baker: A suny [i.e. As sung] by Mr. Sloman of the Park Theatre

Description:
  • Poetry in 10 eight line stanzas, with refrain "Fal de ral"
  • Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
  • At end of text: …
Year:
1828
Contributor:
Rutter, William. (printer.)
Sloman, John. (performer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Courtship > Poetry
Humorous poetry
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB15990
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Betsy Baker

Description:
  • Poetry and prose.
  • Within border of type ornaments.
  • At head of title, within border, wood engraving of ugly woman.
  • Poem in eight four-line stanzas.
  • Comic …
Year:
1830
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Courtship > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Local ID:
HB37642
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Bill's Frisco home

Year:
1907
Contributor:
Reese, Lowell Otis. (creator)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Earthquakes > California > San Francisco > Poetry
Humorous poetry
Local ID:
HB8507
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

Billy Barlow

Description:
  • Printed in two columns divided by line of ruled advertising with type ornaments at beginning and end.
  • At head of first column, below title, wood-engraving …
Year:
1837
Contributor:
Deming, Leonard, 1787-1853 (bookseller)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Humorous poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
Boston (Mass.) > Poetry
United States > Massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB38112 MA
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Billy Barlow!

Description:
  • Poetry.
  • Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
  • Comic song in 24 four-line stanzas.
  • At end of text: Printed and sold 134 …
Year:
1833
Contributor:
Elton (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Humorous poetry
United States > New York > New York
Local ID:
HB16462 NY
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
Full Record

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