SAM DeVINCENT COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC, ca. 1790 - 1987
#300

Series 1: TRANSPORTATION, ca. 1800-1980

by: Karen Linn, 1989

EPHEMERA 

1.1 Aeronautics:

Aeronautics: Sheet Music Information, Bibliographies, Misc.


Correspondence, "see also" references (by Sam DeVincent), photocopies of sheet music covers, (radio?) script from 1964 on aviation songs, information on Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Music, song lists, Tydol Flying Stamp Album. (23 items)

Aeronautics: Women


One "see also" reference, two pages from 1930 Ladies' Home Journal (commercial air routes and women's fashion "aloft"), information on three early women air pilots. (3 items)

Charles Lindbergh Ephemera


Various radio transcripts from the time of Lindbergh's death in 1974, a 1982 publication A Tribute to Charles Lindbergh, a 1977 press kit for a Lindbergh Commemorative Tour. (8 items)

Charles Lindbergh: Sheet Music Lists


Lists of DeVincent and other collectors' Lindbergh holdings, information on Lindbergh sheets, photographs of covers. (28 items)

Charles Lindbergh: DeVincent Correspondence


Correspondence with other collectors, especially Leonard Yanofsky. (18 items)

Aeronautics: Art Smith


Art Smith was an early air pilot from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The folder contains news clippings and other ephemera. (13 items)

Aeronautics: Space Flight


Promotional materials for recordings, correspondence, "see also" references, news clippings. (17 items)

1.2 Automobiles:

Automobiles: Song Lists, Lyrics, Covers

Lists of automobile songs, photocopies of song sheet covers, parody lyrics, automobile poems, manuscript by Christy Borth "The Automobile in Popular Song," two radio promotional notes, one bumper sticker with attached news story, a partial listing of DeVincent automobile recordings. (36 items)

Automobiles: Ford


Song lists, lyrics, correspondence, two Ford Times magazines, one Dearborn Independent magazine. (40 items)

Trucks/Truckers


Promotional material for truck song recordings, one "see also" reference, one news clipping. (8 items)

Buses/Trailers


Several "see also" references, two radio play cards, correspondence, one photocopy of a bus song. (9 items)

1.3 Bicycles:

List of bicycle songs from 1950 Hobbies Magazine, two "see also" references. (3 items)

1.4 Boats and Boating:

Boats and Boating: Miscellaneous


Promotional material, "see also" references, news clippings. (5 items)

Boats and Boating: Titanic


Song lists (including a composite list of Library of Congress, University of Indiana, and three private collectors' materials), correspondence (especially with Solomon Goodman). (ca. 150 items)

1.5 Horse-Drawn Vehicles:

A list of "see also" references. (1 item)

1.6 Motorcycles:

A 1965 publication (magazine format) titled The Real Story Behind the Hell's Angels. (1 item)

1.7 Railroads

"See also" references, 1977 railroad issue of Renfro Valley Bugle, information on the 1882 song The Great Rock Island Route, Casey Jones news clippings, 1927 Canadian railroad booklet, miscellaneous. (15 items)

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