Black Letter vs. White Letter - UCSB English Broadside Ballad Archive

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Black Letter vs. White Letter

Click on a bar to view results for selected ballad type only. Click here to restore graph.

* Numbers displayed at top of graph represent the total number of ballads in archive for each year plotted. Sliding your mouse over the graph for an individual ballad type will display the number of that type of ballad in the archive for each year plotted.