Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

Edward Schnabel was born around 1819 in Germany. He worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in the 1850s. In 1853 Schnabel joined Morris H. Traubel, Theodore Leonhardt, and John F. Finkeldey in a short-lived firm they called the Lithographic Institute. Schnabel and Finkeldey were later together in the firms of Schnabel and Finkeldey, and Schnabel, Finkeldey and Demme.

Illustrations by John F. Finkeldey, Schnabel & Finkeldey, and Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 15 no. 5	The American Hero's March / composed and dedicated to Lieut. General Winfield Scott by Francis Barrington	Philadelphia : G. André & Co., 1861	G.A. & Co. 549	Portrait of Winfield Scott / Schnabel & Finkeldey Lith.
Box 41 no. 9	Delavau's Quick Step / composed & arranged for the piano forte, and respectfully dedicated to Joseph Delavau by his friend C. S. Grafulla	Philadelphia : Couenhoven, Scull & Co., 1852	89.5	Portrait of Delavau and Grafulla, set within a floral wreath / lith. of M. H. Traubel ; J. F. Finkeldey, Lith. Press
Box 27 no. 10	Pupils' Polka / composed and dedicated to the pupils of Hlasko's Dancing Academy by A. Tatzel, Senr.	Philadelphia : G. André, 1857	G.A. 215	Pupils dancing in Hlasko's academy ballroom / Schnabel, Finkeldey & Demme Lith.