Cover title. ; Songs in the collection are copyrighted between 1897 and 1900. ; On cover: "The Grandest Minstrel Organization in the World ; Song Album of Primrose and Dockstader's Minstrels." ; Illustrated title page with green print and two portraits of George Primrose and Lew Dockstader. ; "Jas. H. Decker, Manager." ; Advertisements on the bottom of pages [3, 7, 9, 11, and 15].
Minstrel music Songs, English Songs with piano Money Love--Songs and music Work Nostalgia Patriotism Racism in language Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States African American women African Americans--Songs and music Popular music--United States Minstrel songs. (rbgenr) Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1900's H-Z T11 11 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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