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The Sheet Music images in the Historic American Sheet Music Project were arranged according to the following layout:

• The images were numbered according to the order in which they were scanned, not according to the page numbers appearing on the pages of a piece.
• When multiple copies of the same piece were available which were perfectly identical, the best copy was scanned.
• When multiple copies of the same piece were available in which only the illustrated title page was different, the two illustrated title pages were scanned as image 1 and 2, followed by the best copy of the rest of the pages of the piece.
• When multiple copies of the same piece were available in which the advertisements appearing in the piece were different, the advertisements are presented sequentially within the numbering scheme as in the following example:
  • Image 1 - Title Page
  • Image 2 - Advertisement from piece 1
  • Image 3 - Advertisement from piece 2
  • Image 4-6 - Best copy of music
  • Image 7 - Advertisement from piece 1
  • Image 8 - Advertisement from piece 2
  • Image 9 - Back page of piece 1
  • Image 10 - Back page of piece 2
• In some instances the copies were different enough that they both merited scanning, but were not different enough to designate them as different editions. In these cases, the first piece was scanned followed by the second. For instance, piece one may occupy images 1-5 and piece two images 5-10. The occurrence of this is rare.

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Users are welcome to print images from the Historic American Sheet Music Project for personal or research use (see Copyright). Printing depends largely upon your system and the type of software and printer you have. Acceptable printing has been obtained printing directly from Netscape or Internet Explorer, but saving the image and printing it from a graphics program is also an option.

Images and texts on these pages are intended for research or educational use only. Please read our statement on use and reproduction for further information on how to receive permission to reproduce an item or how to cite it.

This site includes historical materials that may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a particular period or place. These items are presented as part of the historical record and do not reflect the values and beliefs of Duke University, the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, or the Library of Congress/Ameritech, who provided funding for the project.