/ Frank Lewis polka / by Jas. of the New Orleans Serenaders

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Title: Frank Lewis polka / by Jas. of the New Orleans Serenaders
Creator: Bellak, Ja's (James), composer
Contributor: New Orleans Serenaders, performer
Fiot, A. (Augustus), publisher
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued: 1850
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: For piano. ; Title from cover. ; Black and white lithograph portrait of James Bellak surrounded by caricatures of African American women (or minstrels in blackface) performing.
Extent: 1 score (3 unnumbered pages) ; 34 cm
Identifier: priJLC_SMUS Box T7
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/7463
Language: English
Subject: Songs with piano
Minstrel music
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
African American women
African Americans--Songs and music
Popular music--United States
Sheet music. (aat)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1800's I-R
T7
16
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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