Printed Ephemera
Small printed things made to be thrown away turned out to preserve the color and lettering of their period better than anything else, once collectors began keeping them.
Dictionary entry
- Sheet Music Cover 1820s–1920s / Style
Lithographed covers kept alive by the piano in the parlor. Illustration of the song's scene combined with ornamental lettering into a single picture, and before the record sleeve existed this was how music was shown.