[Sheet music for Charles Vivian's Ten Thousand Miles Away, from The Great Vivian's Musical Bouquet]

[Sheet music for Charles Vivian's Ten Thousand Miles Away, from The Great Vivian's Musical Bouquet]

Ephemera

[Sheet music for Charles Vivian's Ten Thousand Miles Away, from The Great Vivian's Musical Bouquet]

ca. 1871
Albumen silver print, lithograph, and letterpress print
Image (oval): 5 1/16 × 3 1/2 in. (12.8 × 8.9 cm)
Paper: 6 1/8 × 4 in. (15.5 × 10.2 cm)
Overall: 13 7/16 × 10 7/16 in. (34.1 × 26.5 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Alden Scott Boyer, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
2007.0262.0027
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on cover page recto, TRC: 1872
Printed on cover page recto, C: The Great \ Vivian's \ Musical Bouquet \ Be a Man. \ Wait for the turn of the tide. \ Strolling through the Fair. \ Come and see me. \ Ten thousand miles away. [red underline] \ Don't judge a man by the coat he \ [wears. \ Castles in the Air. \ Up a tree. \ The style in which it's done. \ Lion of the Season. \ I will stand by my friend. \ Shelling green peas. \ Champagne Charlie. \ Price, with portrait, 40 cts. \ Price, plain, 30 cts. \ PUBLISHED BY \ M. GRAY. \ San Francisco \ 623 & 625 Clay St. \ Portland, OGN. \ 101 First Street. \ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by M. Gray, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Stamped on cover page recto, BC: [stamp in shape of lyre] C BUNCE 56 COURT St.
Inscribed in negative on cover page recto, BC: 1871 \ Charles Vivian \ [illegible] of the Elks \ 1868
Printed on first page recto, TC: TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY. \ THE TREAD MILL SONG. \ Written and Sung by C. VIVIAN. Arranged by GEO. T. EVANS. \ Entered according to Act of Congress A. D. 1871. by M. GRAY, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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