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Photo, Print, Drawing Pupil's Polka. Pupil's polka

About this Item

Title

  • Pupil's Polka.

Other Title

  • Pupil's polka

Summary

  • This lithograph from circa 1857 is a sheet music cover for the "Pupil's Polka," composed by A. Tatzel and dedicated to the pupils at Hlasko's Dancing Academy in Philadelphia. The view shows the interior of a room where children attend dance class at the institute operated by Miecislaw Hlasko. A mother introduces her son to the instructor as pairs of children perform different dance steps. Parents watch the children from the dance floor and other chaperones and children sit on a long cushioned bench located on one side of the hall. Two musicians play from a raised platform adorned with a balustrade in the background. Chandeliers and a skylight are seen above the dance floor. Beneath the image, prices are printed: "Colored 4 1/2" and "Plain 3." The lithograph was produced by the firm Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme, a partnership between three German-born Philadelphia lithographers: William Demme, John F. Finkeldey, and Edward Schnabel. The firm was active under this name circa 1856--57, and produced a series of prints detailing commercial buildings on Chestnut Street, as well as sheet music covers.

Names

  • Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme Lithographer.
  • Tatzel, A. Composer.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : G. André & Company, 1857.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1857
  • -  Chandeliers
  • -  Children
  • -  Dance
  • -  Dance halls
  • -  Dance--Study and teaching
  • -  Interiors
  • -  Lithographs

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 629"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 26 x 35 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670175

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme Lithographer, and A. Composer Tatzel. Pupil's Polka. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1857. Philadelphia: G. André & Company. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670175/.

APA citation style:

Schnabel, F. &. D. L. & Tatzel, A. C. (1857) Pupil's Polka. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1857. Philadelphia: G. André & Company. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670175/.

MLA citation style:

Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme Lithographer, and A. Composer Tatzel. Pupil's Polka. Philadelphia: G. André & Company. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670175/>.