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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Centennial 1776-1876 Philadelphia U.S.A

Centennial 1776-1876 Philadelphia U.S.A

Brown University

White silk ribbon with text and illustration part printed and part woven in colors; lower corners folded back to form pointed end with yellow tassel. Below title portrait of Washington above crossed American flags, captioned: George Washington; at lower end eagle with spread wings, holding olive branch, arrows and shield. Above eagle four lines about Washington printed as poetry, beginning: The first in peace.

Cendres des soldats

Cendres des soldats

Brown University

Translation of Whitman's poem Ashes of soldiers; probably translated by Léon Bazalgette. At end of text: Walt Whitman né le 31 Mai 1819.