Cover for sheet music of the "the hippopotamus polka", published in the early 1850's (see en:obaysch) by w. Hall & son, 259 broadway, new york. The song was by louis st. Mars, while the illustration of the young lady dancing the polka with a hippo was by john h. Sherwin from the lithography studios of napoleon sarony. Date: early 1850s.
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