So off I went to the library . . . 
 
 
Sheet music that featured her image and songs that she performed, often elaborately illustrated in ways that make clear that Jenny Lind's popularity wasn't just about music. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sheet music cover from the Lester Levy Collection, Johns Hopkins University

 

The United States Democratic review, October 1850

 

Advertisements for products bearing Lind's name or her (supposed) endorsement

Newspaper reports on Lind's life, her tour, and fans' responses to her

Souvenir books that told her life story and reported on her tour

Biographies of Lind written and published at the time

Reviews of her concerts

 

From the International Magazine of Literature, Art, and Science, October 1, 1850