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Hello Central!: Walter C. Langsam Library Exhibit Bibliography Hello Girls: Telephone Operators “The Bell Telephone Girl March Two-Step”
Williamsport, PA: United States Music Pub. Co., 1909
By I. Furman Mulliner
H.R. Smith
“Someone” from Naughty Riquette
New York, NY: Harms Music Publisher, 1925
Music by Alfred Goodman and Maurie Rubens; words by Harry B. Smith
Unknown illustrator
“You’d Better Be Nice to Them Now”
New York, NY: Douglas & Newman Music Co., 1918
Music and words by Jack Stern and William Tracy
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“Please, Miss Central, Find My Mamma”
New York, NY: Charles K. Harris, 1913
By Charles K. Harris
Scott & Van Altema, photographers
Daddy, Come Home: Children Calling Parents “Kissing Papa Through the Phone”
New York, NY: The W.F. Shaw Co., 1889
By Thomas P. Westendorf
Unknown illustrator
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“Hello Central! Give Me Heaven”
New York, NY: Charles K. Harris, 1901
By Charles K. Harris
Unknown illustrator
“Ring Me Up Heaven, Please Central”
New York, NY: Frank K. Root & Co., 1908
Music by Leo Friedman; words by Beth Slater Whitson
Unknown illustrator
“Daddy Come Home”
New York, NY: Waterson, Snyder, Berlin & Co., 1913
By Irving Berlin
John Frew
I’ve Got Your Number: Flirtation “I’ve Got Your Number”
New York, NY: F.B. Haviland Pub. Co., 1910
Music by George W. Meyer; words by Alfred Bryan
Unknown illustrator
“Love’s Telephone”
Chicago, IL: Forster Music Publisher Inc., 1922
By Percy Wenrich
Unknown illustrator
“Meet Me Tonight at the Park, Marie”
Boston, MA: Premier Music Co., 1921
Music by Lawrence B. O’Connor; words by Samuel Pinanski
Unknown illustrator
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“Where Can I Meet You Tonight?”
New York, NY: Joe Morris Music Co., 1914
Music by Arthur Lange; words by Edgar Farran
Unknown illustrator
“Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon”
New York, NY: Ted Snyder Co., 1910
By Irving Berlin
John Frew
“The Great Lover Valse Dramatique”
New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1916
By Louis Maurice
Morris Rosenbaum
“Shut Your Eyes and Make Believe”
New York, NY: Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., 1910
Music by Harry Tilzer; words by Will Dillon
Unknown illustrator
“You’ve Got the Wrong Number But the Right Girl”
New York, NY: F.A. Mills, 1911
Music by Kerry Mills; words by Arthur J. Lamb
André De Takacs
By Wireless Telephone: Radio “By Wireless Telephone”
New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer, 1902
Music by James T. Brymn, words by R.C. McPherson
Unknown illustrator
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“There’s a Wireless Station Down in My Heart”
New York, NY: Broadway Music Corporation, 1913
Music by James V. Monaco; words by Ed Moran and Joe McCarthy
Unknown illustrator
“Kiss Me By Wireless”
New York, NY: F. Wallace Rega Publisher, 1922
By Ring Hager and Louis Breau
Frederick or William Starmer
“I Wish There Was a Wireless to Heaven: The Radio Song”
New York, NY: Fred Fisher, Inc., 1921
Music by Willy White; words by Joe Manuel and Harry White Unknown illustrator The Wondrous Telephone: Technological Progress “The Wondrous Telephone”
St. Louis, MO: Balmer & Weber Publishers, 1877
By Thomas R. Westerndorf
Unknown illustrator
“I’ve Heard From the Man in the Moon”
New York, NY: White-Smith Music Publishing Co., 1893
Music by D.L. White; words by Frank B. Scott
Unknown illustrator
“America Up to Date”
Beaver Falls, PA: Wm. C. Ott & Co., 1897
By J.S. Doss
Unknown illustrator
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“Dawn of the Century”
New York, NY: E.T. Paull Music Co., 1900
By E.T. Paull
A. Hoen & Co., Lith.
Wired: Couples Connected By Wires “Hello, Ma Baby”
New York, NY: T.B. Harms & Co., 1889
By Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson
Unknown illustrator
“Meet Me on the Boardwalk, Dearie, Down by the Sea”
Philadelphia, PA: Mack and Orth, 1909
By Keller Mack and Frank Orth
Unknown illustrator
“Thanks for the Lobster”
Boston, MA: O.E. Story Music Publishers, 1913
Music by Chick Story; words by Jack Caddigan
E.S. Fisher
“Hang Out the Front Door Key”
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1908
By Benjamin Hapgood Burt
André De Takacs
“Is There Any Little Thing I Can Do For You”
New York, NY: George H. Diamond Music Publisher, 1913
Music by Everett J. Evans; words by Harry Bewley
Frederick or William Starmer
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“Where’s the Girl for Me” from Listen to Me
New York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1921
By Charles George
Unknown illustrator
“Hello All Right Good-bye”
New York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1905
Music by Ellis R. Ephraim; words by Robert B. Morris
Unknown illustrator
“What’s the Good Word Rosy?”
Chicago, IL: James Brockman Publishing Co., 1911
By James Brockman
Unknown illustrator
Hello, America, Hello: Long Distance “Hello America Hello”
New York, NY: McCarthy & Fisher, 1917
By George Fairman
Unknown illustrator
“Telephone Waltzes” By August Heilmann
New York, NY: Hitchcock’s Music Store, n.d. Unknown illustrator
“Won’t You Come Over to Philly Willy” Music by J. Fred Helf; lyrics by Ed Gardenier
New York, NY: Helf & Hager Co., 1907 Unknown illustrator
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“Hello Wisconsin (Won’t You Find My Yonnie Yonson)” Music by Harry Ruby; words by Bert Kalmar and Edgar Leslie
Canada: Kalmar, Puck, and Abrahams Consolidated Inc., 1917
“Hello, Mister Kringle”
New York, NY: Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., 1939
By Dave Franklin
Unknown illustrator
“Hello, My Dixie Darling”
Philadelphia, PA: H.C. Hardley Music Pub. Co., 1918
By H.C. Hardley
Unknown illustrator
“Call Me Up on the Mason Dixon Line”
New York, NY: Joe Morris Music Co., 1920
By Harry Pease, Ed G. Nelson, and Mitchell Parish
Unknown illustrator
“Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?”
New York, NY: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1915
Music by Jean Schwartz; words by Edgar Leslie and Bert Kalmar
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“Central! Give Me New York Town” Music by Alfred Solman; lyrics by William Mahoney
New York, NY: Joseph W. Stern Co., 1908 (first name unknown) Jenkins
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
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“Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway” By George M. Cohan
New York, NY: F.A. Mills, 1905 Unknown illustrator
“Hello Frisco”
New York, NY: M. Witmark & Sons, 1915
Music by Louis A. Hirsch; lyrics by Gene Buck
André DeTakacs
“Hello Mexico”
Seattle, WA: Echo Music Pub. Co., 1916
By James W. Casey
Unknown illustrator
Who Are You With Tonight?: Deceit and Doubt “And the Bell Goes Ting A Ling Ling” from The Telephone Girl
New York, NY: T.B. Harms & Co., 1898
Music by Gustave Kerker; words by Hugh Morton
Charles Etherington
“Poor Old Dad’s in New York for the Summer” By Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1909 Frederick or William Starmer
“I Won’t Be Home Till Late Dear” By Joseph H. Santley
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1908 Frederick or William Starmer
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“Who Are You With Tonight?” By Egbert Van Alstyne and Harry Williams
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1910 Edgar Keller
Telephone Blues “You’ve Got to See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mamma At All)” By Billy Rose and Con Conrad
New York, NY: Leo Feist Inc., 1923 Solomon (Saul) Wohlman
“99 Blues”
New York, NY: Saunders Music Co., 1920
By Gordon Saunders and Henry McCurdy
Unknown illustrator
“The Hesitating Blues”
Memphis, TN: Pace & Handy Music Co., 1915
By W.C. Handy
Unknown illustrator
“Telephone Blues”
New York, NY: Lovelight Music, 1920
By Christian Marcus
Irving Politzer
Lost, Uncertain, and Delayed Love “Nothing Seems the Same (Without You)”
New York, NY: Edward B. Marks Music. Co, 1926
By Bennie Davis and Jesse Greer
Frederick S. Manning
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“Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue”
New York, NY: Leo Feist, Inc., 1925
Music by Ray Henderson; words by Sam M. Lewis and Joseph Widow Young
John V. Ranck
“Tonight’s the Night (I Should Be With You)” Music by Carl Russ; words by Fred Dempsey
New York, NY: Leo Feist Inc., 1924 John V. Ranck
“Am I Wasting My Time on You?” By Howard Johnson and Irving Bibo
New York, NY: Bibo, Bloedon, & Lang, 1926 Unknown illustrator
“I’ve Lost Ma Baby” By Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson
New York, NY: Harms Incorporated, 1899 Unknown illustrator
“Is There Still Room for Me Underneath the Old Apple Tree”
New York, NY: Maurice Abraham Music Co., 1915
By Edgar Leslie, Lew Brown, and Maurice Abraham
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“Waiting” from Listen, Lester
New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1918
Music by Harold Orlob; words by Harry L. Cort and George E. Stoddard
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
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“Maybe (She’ll Write Me,- She’ll ‘Phone Me)” By Roy Turk, Ted Snyder, and Fred E. Ahlert
New York, NY: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1924 Albert Wilfred Barbelle
Just a Little Ring from You: Telephone and Engagement Rings
“Pleading” Music by Frederic Knight Logan; lyrics by Jack Yellen
New York, NY: Forster Music Pub. Inc., 1921 Helen Van Doorn Morgan
“A Ring on the Finger Is Worth Two on the Phone” By Jack Mahoney and George W. Meyer
New York, NY: F.B. Haviland Pub. Co., 1911 Unknown illustrator
“Just a Little Ring From You”
New York, NY: Theodore Morse Music Co., 1909
Music by Theodore F. Morse; words by Jack Mahoney
Unknown illustrator
“The Only Kind of Ring to Give a Girl (Is Upon the Telephone)”
New York, NY: McCarthy Fisher Inc., 1919
Music by Billy Baskette; lyrics by Grant Clarke
Solomon (Saul) Wohlman
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On the Party Line: Eavesdropping and Gossip “A Friend of Mine Told a Friend of Mine” Music by Kendis & Paley; lyrics by Alfred Bryan
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1906 John Frew
“At the Telephone” Music by Anna Caldwell; lyrics by James O’Dea
New York, NY: F.B. Haviland, 1906 John Frew
“I Heard”
New York, NY: Mills Music Publishers, Inc., 1932
By Don Redman
Unknown illustrator
“On the Party Line”
New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1917
Music by Percy Wenrich; lyrics by Jack Mahoney
Morris Rosenbaum
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“All Alone” by Harry Von Tilzer; words by William Dillon
New York, NY: Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., 1911 Unknown illustrator
“All by Myself” By Irving Berlin
New York, NY: Irving Berlin Inc., 1921 Unknown illustrator
“Am I Wasting My Time on You?” By Howard Johnson and Irving Bibo
New York, NY: Bibo, Bloedon, & Lang, 1926 Unknown illustrator
“And the Bell Goes Ting A Ling Ling” from The Telephone Girl
New York, NY: T.B. Harms & Co., 1898
Music by Gustave Kerker; words by Hugh Morton
Charles Etherington
“Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon”
New York, NY: Ted Snyder Co., 1910
By Irving Berlin
John Frew
“Every Day”
Chicago, IL: Harold Rossiter Music Co., 1923
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By Homer G. Howard
Mary F. Kidder
“Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue”
New York, NY: Leo Feist, Inc., 1925
Music by Ray Henderson; words by Sam M. Lewis and Joseph Widow Young
John V. Ranck
“Hang Out the Front Door Key”
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1908
By Benjamin Hapgood Burt
André De Takacs
“Hello Central! Give Me No Man’s Land”
New York, NY: Waterson, Berlin, Snyder & Co.,1918
Music by Jean Schwartz; words by Samuel M. Lewis and Joe Young
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“Hello, Ma Baby”
New York, NY: T.B. Harms & Co., 1889
By Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson
Unknown illustrator
“I Must See Annie Tonight”
Chicago, IL: Breman, Vocco and Conn, Inc., 1938
By Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
Unknown illustrator
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“Is There Still Room for Me Underneath the Old Apple Tree”
New York, NY: Maurice Abraham Music Co., 1915
By Edgar Leslie, Lew Brown, and Maurice Abraham
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“Just Another Day Wasted Away” By Charles Tobias and Roy Turk
New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, 1927 Sydney Leff
“Maybe (She’ll Write Me,- She’ll ‘Phone Me)” By Roy Turk, Ted Snyder, and Fred E. Ahlert
New York, NY: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., 1924 Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“Oh Say! Can I See You To-night” Music by Leon Flatow; words by Henry Creamer and Leo Schuster
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick Co., 1925
“On the Party Line”
New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1917
Music by Percy Wenrich; lyrics by Jack Mahoney
Morris Rosenbaum
“One of Us Was Wrong”
New York, NY: De Sylva, Brown, & Henderson, Inc., 1931
Music by Al Goering; words by Gus Kahn
Unknown illustrator
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
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“Sittin’ Around”
New York, NY: Leo Feist, 1926
Music by Joe Sanders; lyrics by Gus Kahn
Unknown illustrator
“Some One” from Naughty Riquette
New York, NY: Harms Music Publisher, 1925
Music by Alfred Goodman and Maurie Rubens; words by Harry B. Smith
Unknown illustrator
“Telephone For Me” Music by Abe Olman; words by Grant Clarke and J. Brandon Walsh
Chicago, IL: LaSalle Publishing, 1914 E.J. Merwin
“Waiting” from Listen, Lester
New York, NY: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1918
Music by Harold Orlob; words by Harry L. Cort and George E. Stoddard
Albert Wilfred Barbelle
“When You Have Nothing Else To Do”
New York, NY: Wm. Tracey Music Pub. Co., 1912
Music by W. Raymond Walker: words by William Tracey
Edward Pfeiffer
“Where Can I Meet You Tonight?”
New York, NY: Joe Morris Music Co., 1914
Music by Arthur Lange; words by Edgar Farran
Unknown illustrator
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“Who Are You With Tonight?” By Egbert Van Alstyne and Harry Williams
New York, NY: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1910 Edgar Keller
“Why Don’t You Practice What You Preach”
New York, NY: Irving Berlin Inc., 1934
Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, and Maurice Sigler
Unknown illustrator
“You Must Come Over Tonight” By Art Conrad
New York, NY: American Publishing Co., 1923 P&L Studio
“You’ve Got to See Mamma Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mamma At All)” By Billy Rose and Con Conrad
New York, NY: Leo Feist Inc., 1923 Solomon (Saul) Wohlman