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Step back into the golden age of American popular music with this remarkable seven-piece antique sheet-music Mega Lot, dating from approximately 1903 through 1927.
This collection brings together striking examples of Edwardian romance, World War I home-front history, early American popular music, Jazz Age design and Texas publishing history. Six pieces are presented in vintage black-and-gold frames, creating an impressive ready-to-display collection for a music room, office, restaurant, theater, historical display or private gallery.
Featured titles include:
* Blue Bell — 1904 military-romance march song by Madden and Morse
* Beautiful Ohio — 1918 composition by Mary Earl and Ballard MacDonald
* Girl of My Dreams — 1927 Jazz Age sheet music featuring Randall’s Royal Fontenelle Orchestra
* That Wonderful Mother of Mine — featuring Vitagraph actress Mrs. Jane Jennings
* In the Golden Summertime — colorful seaside-boardwalk cover artwork
* Cupid’s Caress — early intermezzo by Pauline B. Story, distributed by historic Texas firm Thos. Goggan & Bro.
* Three Wonderful Letters From Home — evocative 1918 World War I home-front composition with Barbelle cover art
The standout Cupid’s Caress cover carries strong regional appeal, listing Thos. Goggan & Bro. locations across Galveston, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Austin and Waco. Three Wonderful Letters From Home adds important WWI imagery depicting a mother, wife and child writing to a soldier overseas.
Several covers contain printed artist signatures, artwork credits or period handwritten inscriptions. No handwritten autograph is represented as authenticated or attributed to a composer, performer or illustrator.
These are genuine period paper collectibles showing age-appropriate toning, cracking, creasing, edge wear, small tears, discoloration and other imperfections. Frames also show normal vintage wear. The collection is offered exactly as photographed. Please examine every photograph carefully for condition and details.
Comparable loose examples of several titles are commonly offered in roughly the $5–$25 range, although Blue Bell has also been offered considerably higher as decorative sheet-music art. Blue Bell examples, Beautiful Ohio example, Girl of My Dreams example, Three Wonderful Letters From Home example. This collection’s strongest advantages are its coordinated presentation, seven different covers, historical range, Texas connection and framed decorative impact.
Sold only as one complete Mega Lot.
