Three Polkas - Balloon Polka, Brunette Polka, Adriatic Polka – Historic Print
![Three Polkas - Balloon Polka, Brunette Polka, Adriatic Polka, [between 1830 and 1910] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/38/38ce537f9a82-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Three Polkas - Balloon Polka, Brunette Polka, Adriatic Polka comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Three Polkas - Balloon Polka, Brunette Polka, Adriatic Polka
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The Balloon Polka leads this sheet music cover, which bundles it with the Brunette Polka and the Adriatic Polka. A. Wallerstein composed the set, and Firth, Pond & Co., a prominent New York music publisher, issued it with a color lithograph by Sarony & Major of New York. Polkas were the dance craze of the mid-nineteenth century, and publishers used bright pictorial covers to sell them to families with parlor pianos. The record gives no printed date, so the period is estimated from other sheet music of the era.
| Created / published | [between 1830 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Sheet music covers 1830-1910.Lithographs Color 1830-1910. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Transportation. Title and other information transcribed from item. Composed by A. Wallerstein. Published by Firth, Pond & Co., 1 Franklin Sq. Lithograph by Sarony & Major, N.Y. No caption card found. No date recorded on item. Date based on date range of other sheet music. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,800 × 2,424 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108550 |
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