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Inflation galop! composed by W. Stuckenholz

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Author:
Stuckenholz, W  Search this
Shelton, W. H (William Henry) 1840-1932  Search this
Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI  Search this
Wm. A. Pond & Co  Search this
Subject:
Butler, Benjamin F (Benjamin Franklin) 1818-1893  Search this
Butler, Benjamin F (Benjamin Franklin) 1818-1893  Search this
Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885  Search this
Grant, Ulysses S (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885  Search this
Morton, Oliver P (Oliver Perry) 1823-1877  Search this
Morton, Oliver P (Oliver Perry) 1823-1877  Search this
Richardson, William A (William Adams) 1821-1896  Search this
Richardson, William A (William Adams) 1821-1896  Search this
Schurz, Carl 1829-1906  Search this
Schurz, Carl 1829-1906  Search this
Physical description:
5 pages of music 36 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Caricatures and cartoons
Portraits
Advertisements
Galops (Music)
Political cartoons
Popular music
Scores
Sheet music covers
Sheet music
Place:
United States
Date:
1874
To 1901
1870-1880
Notes:
Illustrated title page (27 x 36 cm) depicts five men around a balloon labeled "Inflation $400,000,000" with a patch labeled "$44,000,000 legalized." The 1874 Inflation Bill, which President Grant vetoed on April 22, proposed that there should be $400,000,000 in greenbacks, adding $44,000,000 to the paper currency. Two men (Oliver P. Morton and Benjamin Butler) are blowing up the balloon and another is holding an air tube to the balloon but is stopping it off rather than blowing into it (William A. Richardson?). President Ulysses S. Grant, with a cigar in his mouth, holds a tube but does not contribute effort to blowing up the balloon. The final man (Carl Schurz) is sprawled on top of the balloon. Signed "W.H. Shelton"
Publisher's advertisement on verso of page 5 for "A Vocal Bulletin of the Latest and most Popular Sheet Music" including songs for the concert or drawing-room, songs and ballads, songs with chorus, vocal duets, and humorous and serio-comic songs
For piano. "Ha ha ha" lyrics in the introduction and text "Stop!" on pages 2-3
Also available online
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Topic:
Galops  Search this
Inflation (Finance)  Search this
Piano music  Search this
Popular instrumental music  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Songs with piano  Search this
Topical songs  Search this
Balloons (Novelties)  Search this
Cigars  Search this
Inflation  Search this
Politicians  Search this
American  Search this
Call number:
M1 .B4
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_982472