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Title
Song album of Primrose and Dockstader's minstrels
Creator
Primrose, George, contributor
Contributor
Primrose & Dockstader's Great American Minstrels, performer
Dockstader, Lew, 1856-1924, contributor
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1900
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
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].
Extent
1 score ([20] pages) 34 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T11
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/8477
Language
English
Subject
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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