For voice. ; Title from cover. ; Color lithograph containing images of "Jack & W. A.", as well as caricatures of African American children on sleds and an African American man wearing a top hat and suit. Surrounded by a green border. ; Advertisements on rear of cover pertaining to railway travel companies. ; Includes scores and verses printed as text throughout. ; Songs in the collection are copyrighted between 1902 and 1904.
Extent
18 unnumbered pages of music in various pagings ; 31 cm
Bereavement in children Mothers--Death Love--Songs and music Women Blackface Caricature Popular music--United States--To 1901 Songs with piano Minstrel music Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States African Americans--Songs and music Gospel music Songsters Christmas Poverty Sheet music. (aat) Songsters. (lcgft)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1800's I-R T7 2 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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