Harris Broadsides

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.
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I see the European headsman

I see the European headsman

Brown University

French fold; printed on double leaves. Printed in green. At head of title on p. [1]: A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver 1943.

I say we had best look our times

I say we had best look our times

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Title from first line. At end of text: Distributed by Charles E. Feinberg to subscribers and friends of the Walt Whitman Review, May 31, 1969.

I say we had best look our times

I say we had best look our times

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Title from first line. At end of text: Distributed by Charles E. Feinberg to subscribers and friends of the Walt Whitman Review, May 31, 1969.

I say we had best look our times

I say we had best look our times

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Title from first line. At end of text: Distributed by Charles E. Feinberg to subscribers and friends of the Walt Whitman Review, May 31, 1969.

I oppose

I oppose

Brown University

At end of text: Willie Penmore. Reprinted, by permission ..

I love you, ma chérie

I love you, ma chérie

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Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format; text on recto in brown and green, on verso in black. At head of text caricature of couple. Text and music of song chorus; music by Gus Edwards. Name of author of lyrics not on item. "By permission of Copyright MCMVI by Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co., 1512 Broadway, N.Y."--Colophon. "No. 4600 Music Series"--Verso.

I love you, ma chérie

I love you, ma chérie

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Printed in colors on heavy white paper in postcard format; text on recto in brown and green, on verso in black. At head of text caricature of couple. Text and music of song chorus; music by Gus Edwards. Name of author of lyrics not on item. "By permission of Copyright MCMVI by Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co., 1512 Broadway, N.Y."--Colophon. "No. 4600 Music Series"--Verso.

I love you old Pike County

I love you old Pike County

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Within double line border. Advertises Milford and Pike County in Pennsylvania. Caption under photograph of Milford Cliffs on page [1]: I roam through Emerald valleys.

I lived beneath a table four feet wide

I lived beneath a table four feet wide

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David Parker. Printed in colors on heavy white paper with deckled right edge; text in black; name of press in intaglio. At head of title colored drawing of boy under table. Title from first line. Suggested publication date from acquisition date of Brown University copy.

I left you because dear, I loved you

I left you because dear, I loved you

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Printed on heavy glossy paper in postcard format; four postcards joined at sides. Each card has different line of music and text of song below reproduction of different posed photograph of courting couple on seashore; one shows the woman alone indoors writing letter. Title from first line on first card. On verso of each card: Semi-photo song series G. Words and music by Chas. K. Harris. Copyright, 1908, by Charles K. Harris.

I learn'd one thing conclusively

I learn'd one thing conclusively

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Title from first line. Printed in black and reddish-brown on heavy pale mauve paper within border of type ornaments. Title from beginning of first line. Type-signed at end of passage: Walt Whitman (1874) At end of text: A Christmas greeting from Alice and Rollo Silver 1976.

I know you'll be glad to hear

I know you'll be glad to hear

Brown University

Printed in orange, yellow and green on heavy tan paper in postcard format; text on recto in orange and green, on verso in black. At left and right of poem on recto illustrations of irises. Title from first lines. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

I know something good about you

I know something good about you

Brown University

Printed in black on wheat-colored ground on heavy white paper. Poem in five four-line stanzas. At end of text: Author unknown. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence and acquisition date of Brown University copy.