Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(RHODE ISLAND.) Group of 3 Rhode Island disaster songsheets. 3 broadsides; condition as described. Various places, 1872-1898
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W.C. Atwood. "Song of the Steamer Metis, Sunk on her Passage from New York to Providence." Illustrated broadside, 12 x 5 inches; folds, moderate wear. Composed by a patent medicine manufacturer; one in OCLC (at Brown University). Providence, RI, circa 1872.

George D. Chester of Niantic, RI. "The Railroad Accident at Richmond Switch, R.I." Letterpress broadside, 14 1/4 x 6 inches; folds, minor wear. One in OCLC (at Middle Tennessee State University) No place, circa 1873.

James Mallon, "Starboard Watch, East Providence." "The Loss of the Battleship Maine." Letterpress broadside, 14 x 5 inches; folds, wear on bottom edge, dampstaining. None in OCLC. No place, circa 1898.