For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; "Nearly half a century of success ; forty people band and orchestra ; Rusco & Hockwald's famous Georgia Minstrels song album" -- Cover title. ; Songs in the collection are copyrighted between 1910 and 1921. ; Colored lithograph including caricatures of minstrels performing in blackface. Includes portraits of W. A. Rusco and Arthur Hockwald. ; Advertisements on page [2]: "Napoleon's Dream-Guide." ; Advertisements on pages [9-10]: "Song-Writers..." ; Advertisements on page [14]: "Fun-Making Jokes and Tricks." ; Advertisements on page [15]. ; Advertisements on page [16]: "Harold Rossiter's Gigantic Song Collection..." ; Advertisements on page [17]: "Komikal Konundrums."
Blackface entertainers Popular music--1921-1930 Minstrel music Card tricks Blackface African Americans--Songs and music Songs with piano Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States African American women Popular music--United States Sheet music. (aat) Songs. (lcgft) Popular music. (lcgft) Minstrel music. (lcgft) Scores. (lcgft) Publishers' advertisements. (rbgenr)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1900's H-Z T11 14 The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the sheet music was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2019.
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