Reproduction of the 1879 Industrial Exposition Poster

1879 Seventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition Poster

FMH Reproduction Digital Art Print on Hahnemüle Archival Paper Measurements:
  • Image size: 22" x 27 3/4"
  • Overall: 22 1/2" x 28 1/4" (with a 1/4" white border)
Cost: $65.00 A gift for lovers of Cincinnati Music Hall and a stunning work of art, this 1879 advertising poster celebrates this magnificent edifice. The elegantly-designed lithograph proclaims the opening of Cincinnati Music Hall as the “Grand Permanent Building” for expositions. The artist’s impression of the majestic High Victorian Gothic red-brick structure, adorned with waving flags and pennants, includes its distinctive architectural details: the intricate Rose Window, metal roof ornamentation, and decorative sandstone finials atop gables. Architect Samuel Hannaford seems to have proposed an “Angel of Music” statue visible on the highest apex. Interior illustrations announce the completion of the south and north wings, “Horticultural Hall,” and “Machinery Hall.” This 1879 Expo art reproduction poster is digitally printed at a high resolution on museum-quality paper with the same vibrant colors of the original by Cincinnati’s Krebs Lithographing Company. This art print still proclaims Music Hall’s beauty and promise to serve the community as a premiere event venue.
For more information, or to order yours today, contact musichalltour@friendsofmusichall.org or make an appointment to stop by Music Hall by calling 513.744.3293.

Reproduction of the 1877 Hannaford & Procter Architectural Drawing of Music Hall

Measurements:

  • Image size: 15" x 18"

Cost: $50.00

Friends of Music Hall is making available this reproduction of Hannaford & Procter's intricately-detailed architectural drawing of the east façade of the main hall.

The drawing was originally hand-drafted with ink on linen. It has been digitally restored and is printed on archival Hahnemühle paper by Robin Imaging.

For more information, or to order yours today, contact musichalltour@friendsofmusichall.org or make an appointment to stop by Music Hall by calling 513.744.3293.

Music Hall Main Hall Elm Street facade architectural drawing
Reproduction of the 1878 W.S. Burrous illustration “Springer Music Hall and Exposition Buildings”
William Steele Burrous (1850-1909), born and buried in Dayton, Ohio, began his career as a carpenter and architect, working alongside his father, Matthias Burrous (1823-1889), owner of a building supply company. W.S. Burrous worked as a delineator, draftsman, and architect in Cincinnati for 15 years, from 1873 to 1888, before moving to Chicago and later to Omaha. He artistically delineated several of Samuel Hannaford's Cincinnati buildings.

For more information, or to order yours today, contact musichalltour@friendsofmusichall.org or make an appointment to stop by Music Hall by calling 513.744.3293.

1878, W.S. Burrous, “Springer Music Hall and Exposition Buildings”

FMH Reproduction Digital Art Print on Hahnemühle Archival Paper

Measurements:

  • Image size: 24" x 16"
  • Overall: 25.5" x 17.5"

Cost: $75.00

A wonderful gift for exploring the fine details of Music Hall. Delineator (del) W.S. Burrous drew this stunning 1878 pictorial representation of Cincinnati Music Hall –– studying the architectural drawings of Samuel Hannaford and Edwin Procter –– featuring a lively Elm and Fourteenth Streets scene with neighboring buildings in Over-the-Rhine surrounding the grand structure, as well as the first-floor plan and west façade in the upper corners. Originally printed by the Heliotype Printing Company of Boston for a two-page spread in The American Architect and Building News (April 27, 1878, vol. 3, no.122), this high-resolution reproduction on archival paper captures the High Victorian Gothic architecture hand-drawn in ink, including the decorative black bricks and finials atop gables restored by the Friends of Music Hall; and a future FMH restoration project, the missing metal ornamentation on the roof peaks and ridges, including 12-foot tall lyres on the main gable.

 The illustration also hints at features never fully realized — an angel at the highest apex, a bas-relief panel of machinists on the North Hall-Machinery Hall and Muses on the South Hall-Art Hall, and a bust in the central niche, perhaps honoring benefactor Reuben Springer, who declined to name the building after himself, preferring that citizens feel a sense of ownership by calling it Cincinnati Music Hall. Enjoy discovering these intricate details!

Music Hall postcards - 5 designs

Music Hall Postcards

Five gorgeous photos of Music Hall are packaged together as 5" x 7" postcards.  One image each of the Exterior of Music Hall with Tulips, 1877 Hannaford & Procter Architectural Drawing, Exterior of Music Hall with Coleus, 1879 Seventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, and Interior of Springer Auditorium.  The cost is $5.
To purchase, email musichalltour@friendsofmusichall.org or make an appointment to stop by Music Hall by calling 513.744.3293.

Music Hall Notecards - package of 7

Music Hall Notecards

Seven spectacular photos of Music Hall are packaged together as 5" x 7" notecards with envelopes. One image each of Decorative Stenciling in Corbett Tower, Finials and Lyre Spikes on East Facade, the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ in the Ballroom, Art Carved Panels of the Hook & Hastings Organ in the Taft Suite, Mural of Muses "Allegory of the Arts" in Springer Auditorium Dome, High Victorian Gothic Black Bricks on East Facade, and Rose Window & Three Arched Tracery Windows on East Facade.  The cost is $15.00.

To purchase, email musichalltour@friendsofmusichall.org or make an appointment to stop by Music Hall by calling 513.744.3293.

Through the Lens: The Remaking of Cincinnati's Music Hall by Matthew Zory

In his book, Through the Lens: The Remaking of Cincinnati's Music Hall, photographer and CSO musician Matthew Zory invites readers to explore the metamorphosis of a beloved civic icon. Generations of Cincinnatians have cherished Music Hall as an architectural gem and a community touchstone. They know her for her beauty and the sound and spectacle of the arts organizations that call Music Hall home.

In this photo essay, Zory invites readers to get to know the venerable building on a more intimate level. He takes readers beyond the hall’s elegant public spaces to explore its hidden corners as hundreds of workers undertake the exacting work of recasting Samuel Hannaford's 19th-century building for 21st-century use. His photos capture the rough-edged beauty of a construction zone, the unexpected moments of stillness amidst the bustle, and the community of craftsmen and women committed to transforming the building. Through the Lens is a portrait of a grande dame without her makeup and at her most beautiful.

Matthew Zory
Matthew Zory

To purchase, visit Matt's website and use promotional code FoMH10 for a special 10% discount.

Matthew Zory is the Assistant Principal Bass (Trish and Rick Bryan Chair) for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and an award-winning photographer. His photography has been featured in the AEQAI arts journal and the Manifest International Photography Annual, Cincinnati Magazine, The Cincinnati Enquirer and has appeared in numerous exhibits at the Taft Museum of Art, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Wash Park Art, and other galleries.