Sheet music, "The Hard Cider Quick Step"
date: label: Date made
content: 1840
label: associated date
content: 1840 05 04
name: label: associated institution
content: Whig Party
notes: label: Description
content: The Whig campaign of 1840 against incumbent President Martin Van Buren established a pattern of predetermined imagery, from which later campaigns have seldom deviated. The Whigs adopted the symbols of the log cabin and hard cider to promote the candidacy of General William Henry Harrison. An outpouring of objects with designs of log cabins, such as this sheet music for “The Hard Cider Quick Step” from 1840, soon followed.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: classified
content: Music
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1840.E16
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1840.E16
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 26.67 cm