4 Polkas - San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm – Historic Print
![4 Polkas - San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm, [between 1830 and 1910] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5b/5b8111ec1ee1-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: 4 Polkas - San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm, preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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4 Polkas - San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm
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Four polkas share this one sheet, and "The Balloon" links it to aerial travel, while the others name San Francisco and a pleasure train. A. Wallerstein composed the music, Geo. Willig, Jr. published it, and A. Hoen & Co. of Baltimore printed the cover as a lithograph. Polkas swept American parlors in the 1840s, and pictorial covers like this one helped sell sheet music to home pianists. The record does not give a date, so the sheet is best placed somewhere within the broad 1830 to 1910 range.
| Created / published | [between 1830 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Sheet music covers 1830-1910.Lithographs 1830-1910. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Transportation. Title and other information transcribed from item. Composed by A. Wallerstein. Published by Geo. Willig, Jr. Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore. No caption card found. Date not recorded on item. Date based on date range of other sheet music. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,800 × 2,462 px · prints to 6 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108549 |
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