For voice and piano. ; Caption title. ; Illustrated title page: red/white/blue black and white portrait of Cohan & Harris ; drawing of 2 minstrels performing in blackface. ; "The Brinkley Coon ; Cohan and Harris' Minstrels ; George Evans and 100 Honey Boys" -- Cover title. ; "Exclusive Selling Agent Jerome H. Remick &..." -- cover. ; Advertisement and excerpts for 4 songs by Cohan on page 2 ; advertisement for 13 shows by Cohan & Harris on unnumbered page.
Songs with piano Blackface Popular music--United States--1901-1910 Minstrel music Racism in language African Americans--Songs and music African American women--Caricatures and cartoons--Songs and music Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942--Portraits Harris, Sam, 1872-1941--Portraits Cohan & Harris (Theatrical producers)--Pictorial works Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States Scores. (lcgft) Songs. (lcgft) Minstrel music. (lcgft) Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Sheet Music Entertainment Minstrels 1900's A-G T10 1 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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