[Ads-l] Plea for NewspaperArchive Search

[Shapiro, Fred]

Thanks, Jon.  I already had the copyright date, but what I am really interested in is, when was "Baby Seals Blues" published ?

Fred Shapiro



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According to the Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, "Baby
Seals Blues Sing Em - They Sound Good To Me,"  words and music by Baby F.
Seals, arranged by Artie Matthews, was copyrighted on August 3, 1912 with a
second copyright filed on August 7.

JL

On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
wrote:

> I cancelled my subscription to NewspaperArchive some time ago.  Is anyone
> willing to search it for me ?  I am interested in the earliest mentions of
> the song "Baby Seals Blues."  The mentions would presumably occur some time
> in 1912, and what I am trying to find out is any information about when the
> song was first published.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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