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Title
Mandy wont you marry me / words by Earl J. Benham music by Thomas W. Kelley
Creator
Kelley, Thos. W., composer
Contributor
Benham, Earl, lyricist
Pfeiffer, E. H., illustrator
Last, Jay T., collector
Date Created and/or Issued
1909
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
For voice and piano. ; Caption title. ; Illustrated title page in blue, white, and red floral design, two minstrels performing in blackface ; portrait of Cohan and Harris. ; "Mandy won't you marry me ; Cohan and Harris' Minstrels ; George Evans and 100 Honey Boys" -- Cover title. ; Advertisement for Cohan and Harris publications, on unnumbered page. ; "Exclusive selling agents Jerome H. Remick & Co. New York & Detroit" -- Cover. ; "E. Pfeifer."
Extent
1 score (5 pages) ; 34 cm
Identifier
priJLC_SMUS Box T10
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/8265
Language
English
Subject
Songs with piano
Popular music--United States--1901-1910
Love--Songs and music
Minstrel music
Betrothal
Blackface
Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942--Portraits
Harris, Sam, 1872-1941--Portraits
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States
African American women
African Americans--Songs and music
Songs. (lcgft)
Scores. (lcgft)
Popular music. (lcgft)
Minstrel music. (lcgft)
Sheet music. (aat)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sheet Music
Entertainment
Minstrels 1900's A-G
T10
3
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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