Meet me in St. Louis, Louis / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Kerry Mills. · Class, Race, and Sheet Music at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Title: Meet me in St. Louis, Louis / words by Andrew B. Sterling ; music by Kerry Mills.
Description: For voice and piano.
T.p. ill. (copy 1): light green cover with red lettering. In the upper left-hand corner is a red-tinted photo of Will. H. Sloan; in the middle of the page is a drawing of a woman's face-over and extending from her long brown hair are coral colored flowers and ribbons, and green garland; in the lower right-hand corner is a list of singers who have sung this song.
T.p. ill. (copy 2): light green cover with red lettering. In the upper left-hand corner is a red-tinted photo of Will. H. Sloan; in the middle of the page is a drawing of a woman's face-over and extending from her long brown hair are coral colored flowers and ribbons, and green garland; in the lower right-hand corner is a list of singers who have sung this song. NOTE: the color alignment in copy 2 differs significantly from that of copy 1, resulting in sloppier, fuzzier words and illustrations.
"Also sung with great success by Ethel Levey, Will H. Sloan, Nat Wills, Lew Hawkins, Lottie Gilson, Paul Barnes, Lizzie B. Raymond, Anna Caldwell, Nora Bayes, Fields & Ward, Billie Clifford, Stuart Barnes, Bonnie Thornton, Evans & St. John, Vera King, Marguerite Starr, Tom Gillen, Raymond Teal."
P. [6] of both copies contains extra verses.
T.p. (copy 2) signed in ink "Lena Marty" and "Lena Blanchard."
T.p. (copy 2) stamped in blue ink "C.S. Engle Piano
House. Successor to Northup's. Sheet music, pianos, musical instruments. 56-58-60 East Santa Clara St., San Jose, Calif."

Item sets: Sheet Music from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition

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