The Star-Spangled Banner : production material.

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The Star-Spangled Banner : production material.

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Ink & watercolor dummy, ink & wash illustrations on boards with separations, watercolor study for jacket, facsimilie of original manuscript (of anthem), jacket paste-up & layout on proof, photograph of flag, photograph of painting of Francis Scott Key. Tells the story of the writing of the United States national anthem by Francis Scott Key at the Battle of Fort Henry during the War of 1812, and gives illustrated text of all four stanzas without the music.

Illustrations: 47 items.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7816641

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843

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Lawyer and author of THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. From the description of Letter, 1812 Dec. 22. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 25160695 Francis Scott Key was the composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner." From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1808-1814. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190846542 Francis Scott Key was composer of the Star Spangled Banner. From the description of Francis ...

Galdone, Paul

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Paul Galdone was born circa 1907 in Budapest, Austria- Hungary and immigrated to the United States in 1921. Galdone studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design . He served in World War II in the U.S. Army, Engineers. The author and illustrator of children's books also was employed as a bus boy, electrician's helper, and fur dryer, in addition to four years in the art department at Doubleday (NY). His work was awarded runner up for the Caldecott Medal ( Eve T...