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In my flying machine

Engländer, Ludwig, 1853-1914. cmp, Smith, Harry B. (Harry Bache), 1860-1936. lyr, Held, Anna, 1877?-1918. prf, Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932. pmn drt, Jenkins. ill, Jos. W. Stern & Co. pbl, Street & Smith. cph, Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · 1908 · New York : Jos. W. Stern & Co. · 1 picture

This is sheet music for a 1908 popular song, 'In My Flying Machine', published in New York by Jos. W. Stern & Co., with lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Ludwig Engländer, promoting Anna Held's Ziegfeld musical 'Miss Innocence'. The cover uses a framed central painting of a seated woman in a lavish gown, flanked by Art Nouveau curling ornaments and vertical scrollwork in a restrained palette of cream, maroon and grey. A designer might take the framed portrait-in-panel layout, the stacked typographic hierarchy and the sinuous Art Nouveau borders as models for period-style display type and cover design.

Musicals · Songs with orchestra · Popular music · Flying-machines · Love songs · Held, Anna, 1877?-1918 · Women · Entertainers · Sheet Music

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