“The Battle Song of Liberty”

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Object Details

publisher

Jacobs, Walter

Description (Brief)

This sheet music is for the song “The Battle Song of Liberty” whose music was composed by F.E. Bigelow and whose lyrics were written by Jack Yellen. The Walter Jacobs Company of Boston, Massachusetts published this sheet music in 1917. The cover features scenes of war, with battleships sailing and airplanes flying around explosions, and the specter of soldiers marching in file in the sky. The foreground features an illustrated image of the Statue of Liberty, and Starmer signed the cover in the lower right.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1917

ID Number

1983.0424.138

accession number

1983.0424

catalog number

1983.0424.138

Object Name

sheet music

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 13 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Boston

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7704-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_670958