Historical SourcePublic Domain
Howe's Drawing Room Dances (Elias Howe, 1859)
Publisher: Elias Howe / Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street, Boston, 1859 (copyright by Elias Howe; Clerk's Office, District Court of Massachusetts). 'Dances Designed for Social Evening Parties — Containing all the Popular and Fashionable Quadrilles, Cotillons, Fancy Dances, Contra Dances, etc., With Every Variety of the Latest and Most Approved Figures and Calls for the Different Changes, Music Arranged for the Piano-Forte.' Large 54MB sheet-music collection; OCR text sparse but intact index yields 28 quadrille sets + 28 country dances + 40+ round dances. Richard Powers collection. Fills between LOC-1858-HOWE and LOC-1862-HOWE.Year: 1859Family: howesdrCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Elias Howe / Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street, Boston, 1859 (copyright by Elias Howe; Clerk's Office, District Court of Massachusetts). 'Dances Designed for Social Evening Parties — Containing all the Popular and Fashionable Quadrilles, Cotillons, Fancy Dances, Contra Dances, etc., With Every Variety of the Latest and Most Approved Figures and Calls for the Different Changes, Music Arranged for the Piano-Forte.' Large 54MB sheet-music collection; OCR text sparse but intact index yields 28 quadrille sets + 28 country dances + 40+ round dances. Richard Powers collection. Fills between LOC-1858-HOWE and LOC-1862-HOWE. (1859). Imported from local collection.