FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MARCH

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MARCH

Entry/Object ID

L.2008.63 a-b

Description

Sheet music comprised of two bound, two insert paper sheets; title page with a red, white and blue framed lithograph portrait of Franklin Roosevelt CL; text in bottom left side of frame: "PHOTO [copyright symbol] MARTIN VOS, N.Y."; across the bottom of the page is a stylized image of the United States flag with red and white stripes and white stars on a blue cloud-like shape and a flying eagle; text above and to the right of the portrait: "Franklin D. Roosevelt / March / (WITH VOCAL TRIO)"; in CR, text in rectangular red box with red, white and blue stripes at top and bottom: "DEDICATED TO THE / 32ND PRESIDENT OF / THE UNITED STATES / OF AMERICA . . . / COMPOSED BY / WILLIAM H. / WOODIN"; text below box: "WORDS BY / IRVING CAESAR"; text in BL: "MADE IN U.S.A."; text in BR: "MILLER MUSIC, INC. / 62 W. 45TH ST. NEW YORK"; second page is a facsimile of a January 1933 letter from FDR thanking the composer for the dedication and promising to play it at his inauguration; third page has six staff lines of music with text above and below; fourth and fifth pages have four staff lines of music and lyrics each; sixth page has six staff lines of music; seventh page, inside back cover, has a shield superimposed on a circle framed with stars; text inside the shield: " The Profits / from the sales / of this compo- / sition donated / to Warm Springs / Foundation . . ."; eighth page, back cover, has the same eagle as the title page.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

William H. Woodin

Attribution

Composer

Manufacturer

Miller Music, Inc.

Date made

1933

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Racette list # 63
L.2008.63

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12-1/8 in

Width

9-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.8 x 23.2 cm)

Material

Paper, ink

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Slight discoloration throughout; 9 inch stain running along right corner of title page; small stain on bottom edge of title page; 1/2 inch tear on lower CR of second page; large brown stain on edges of reverse of fourth page.

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 24E

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial