-- America, America, God shed his Grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood -- – Historic Reproduction
(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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-- America, America, God shed his Grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood --
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This poster prints the opening line of "America the Beautiful," a lyric whose plea for "brotherhood" took on sharper meaning in 1970, when the catalog links it to civil rights and the Vietnam War. Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem after a visit to Pikes Peak in 1893, and it was later set to Samuel Ward's tune. Franklin Merchandising Company issued posters like this as mass-produced wall decor during the prop art craze, aimed at college dorms and young households. Gary Yanker later gathered such pieces in his 1972 book *Prop Art*, which shows how protest-era sentiment reached ordinary bedroom walls.
| Created / published | c1970. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) |
| Genre | Posters American 1970.Prints 1970. |
| Notes | Copyright by Franklin Merchandising Company. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Published in: Prop art / Gary Yanker. New York : Darien House, 1972. BAR updated record 1989-1994. jj / 860414. |
| Subjects | Civil rights--United States--1970. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176951 |
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