Title

'My own Manila Sue', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'My own Manila Sue', 1899. 'Introduced with Great Success by the "Beau Brummell of Minstrelsy" Mr Carroll Johnson; words by Earl Way; music by Herbert Dillea'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A04_304

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

84,2Mb (4,3Mb) / 16,0in x 20,5in / 4788 x 6150 (300dpi)

Keywords

Caucasian people male library man men hat music arts country entertainment musician white guy clothes color design blackface performance dress performer performing show makeup entertainer location century cosmetics make-up sepia clothing print score concept language offensive top hat controversy African American African-American APPAREL B&W full length sheet music afro-american full-length public library MONOCHROME song controversial racism United States of America Colour vaudeville 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W white and black 1890s New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL racist American America USA minstrel blacked up photograph portrait united states Unknown blacking up Johnson Herbert M Carroll Way Earl tophat M Witmark & Sons Witmark M. Witmark & Sons Marcus Witmark & Sons Marcus Heritage Art scores 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing minstrel show implied racism racial stereotype derogatory Notated music coon song Carroll Johnson Earl C. Way Earl C. Earl Way Herbert Dillea Dillea