Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of American life, and includes poetry of every description: 18th and 19th century ballads, verse describing newsworthy events, poetic effusions of sentimentality and patriotism, comic verse, and much more. When completed, this digital project will include over 20,000 titles.
Poetry, printed in two columns divided by line of advertising with type ornaments at ends: Sold Wholesale and Retail, by L. Deming, No. 1, South side Faneuil Hall, Boston. Above address is listed for Deming from 1829 to 1831.
David Gitin. Printed in black on translucent ivory paper. At head of title illustration of flowers. Poem in five lines. Edition of "one hundred copies on Sekishu. Handset in Nicholas Cochin & Garamond."
Two ballads. Caption title. Printed in two columns, separated by line of advertising: Sold by L. Deming, No. 1, Market Square, corner of Merchants' Row, & Market Sq,; type ornaments at each end of line. Leonard Deming was a trader and bookseller in Boston from 1828 to 1840 and was known to have been at above address from 1829 to 1831. Printed area measures 20.3 x 18.4 cm. Not in Shoemaker or Checklist Amer. imprints.
At end of text: Composed by Ephraim S. Hyde. Poetry in 13 numbered eight-line stanzas printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. Internal evidence suggests date approximation and possible area of publication.
Poetry in 21 four-line stanzas printed in two columns divided by line of type ornament. At end of text below type ornament section: Printed and sold at No. 26, High Street Providence where shopkeepers, peddlers, &c. can be supplied by the quantity to sell again at reduced prices. Henry Trumbull was listed in the Providence Directory at the above address for 1824.
Pages [1,4] blank. Printed in brown. Poem on p. [2] within illustrated border by J. Kyle. Text on p. [3]: With the season's greetings. Christmas, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. W. Dalton ..