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Lincoln's Funeral March
- Creator:
- Pearl J. Wires
- Location:
- Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis
- Origin Date:
- 1935
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0143
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Sheet Music
Description
This is a piece of sheet music for the song, "Lincoln's Funeral March." The cover is white with a black and white photographic image of a man seated at a piano with "P. J. Wires Supt. Scottish Rite Cathedral" written over it. There are two blue feathers on either side of the image. The title is printed in blue lettering in an arch near the top of the cover. "To Mr. A. Wells Pres. Lincoln Insurance Co. Ft Wayne, Ind By P. J. Wires" is handwritten in blue ink at the lower right corner of the cover. 3 p. of music. For organ. Signed by composer "To Mr. A. Wells Pres. Lincoln Insurance Co. Fort Wayne, Ind., by P.J. Wires." Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.
