For voice and piano. ; Title from cover. ; "The Grandest Minstrel Organization in the world." ; "Management of Chas. D. Wilson." ; Advertisement on page [2]: "Neath the Old Acorn Tree Sweet Estelle." ; Advertisement on page [3]: "Menu of the Seventeenth Annual Tour of Lew Dockstader and his Great Minstrel Company." ; Advertisement on page [19]: "Lew Dockstader and His Great Minstrels Positively the Grandest Show Ever Produced..." ; Advertisement on page [20]: "I'll be Waiting Dearie When You Come Back Home." ; "Starmer." ; Songs in this collection are copyrighted between 1905 and 1907.
Songs with piano Minstrel music Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States African American women African Americans--Songs and music Popular music--United States Love--Songs and music Food Money Tobacco Nostalgia Racism in language Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1900's A-G T10 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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