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Title: I do not want to be drowned : a song respectfully dedicated to the survivors of the wreck of the Golden Gate
Creator: Soulé, Frank, 1810-1882, lyricist
Nicholls, P.R., composer
Baker, Geo H., lithographer
Robbins, Charles F. (active ca. 1862), printer
Robbins, Charles F. (active ca. 1862), publisher
Contributor: Kemble, John Haskell, 1912-1990, donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1862
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: "I do not want to be drowned : a song respectfully dedicated to the survivors of the wreck of the Golden Gate / poetry by Frank Soule, music by P.R. Nicholls"--full title from the sheet music cover. Focus of item: Golden Gate.
Extent: Print ; image 11 x 23 cm (4 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.) ; overall 34.4 x 25.3 cm (13 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Identifier: priJHK 00347
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/21988
Subject: Golden Gate (Steamship : 1851-1862)
Golden Gate (Steamship : 1851-1862)--Fire, 1862
Paddle steamers--United States--19th century--Pictorial works
Passenger ships--United States--Pictorial works
Steamboats--United States--19th century--Pictorial works
Marine prints--United States--19th century
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Ships--Fires and fire prevention
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Music title pages
Sheet Music Cover Illustrations
Source: John Haskell Kemble Collection
Prints
Vessels
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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