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The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music

Division of Preservation and Access

After the War is Over, cover of sheet music.
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After the War is Over, cover of sheet music.

Courtesy of Library of Congress

Take a whistle-stop tour through American music history with this collection of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music, spanning 1780 to 1980.

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An excerpt from the "Map of Albemarle County" drawn by Lieut. C.S. Dwight, 1864.

African-American Families Database
Col. Wm. F Cody, Buffalo Bill, poster, 1908

The William F. Cody Archive
The "Black Sunday" dust storm approaches Spearman in northern Texas, April 14, 1935.

The Dust Bowl
American Cotton Manufacturers' Association dinner menu, May 17, 1907 

What's On The Menu?
Dolley Madison, by Gilbert Stuart

Dolley Madison

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