All hail good templars – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Printed in St. Louis around 1859, this sheet music cover carries the title "All Hail Good Templars," a reference to the Good Templars, a temperance fraternal order that spread through the United States in the 1850s. The cover was copyrighted by the music firm Balmer & Weber and drawn on stone by lithographer John McKiltrick, whose shop stood on North Main Street. Its color lithography reflects how publishers used eye-catching covers to sell songs to lodge members and the wider public, and the piece offers a glimpse of the fraternal culture of the period.
| Created / published | c1859. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Sheet music covers 1850-1860.Lithographs Color 1850-1860. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Fraternal Organizations. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Balmer & Weber. Lithograph by Jno McKiltrick, No. 36 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,122 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115250 |
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