Salute to St. Louis, March Two Step, sheet music cover, 1904 – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Salute to St. Louis, March Two Step, sheet music cover, 1904, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Salute to St. Louis, March Two Step, sheet music cover, 1904
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The cover of this 1904 sheet music, "Salute to St. Louis," ties a march to the year the city hosted the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, better known as the St. Louis World's Fair. Published as a two-step, the dance form that was hugely popular in American parlors and ballrooms at the time, the piece offered fairgoers and home pianists a way to bring the celebration indoors. Sheet music covers from this period were often colorful advertisements meant to catch the eye in a music shop, so the artwork here is worth studying for its typography and imagery as much as for the tune inside.
| Original scan | 1,576 × 2,106 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | n0240-1-150dpi |
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