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Stannard & Dixon The Tom-Tit polka.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.013.03 Author/Creator: Stannard & Dixon Place Written: London, England Type: Print Date: 1852 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; 34.5 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy

Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. "Companion to the Topsy Polka, composed by Stephen Glover." Image of a young girl with short, dark, curly hair. Lithograph by A. Laby.

Stannard & Dixon
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Glover, Stephen, 1813-1870

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