Title

'My Louisiana babe', 1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'My Louisiana babe', 1900. 'Words and music by C. C. C. Clark'. 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_321

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,0Mb (2,9Mb) / 12,8in x 17,0in / 3842 x 5095 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people black male library man men love music arts country entertainment guy Southern color design smoking hair location century cigarettes print boyfriend hairstyle score concept lovers lover language offensive controversy African American African-American sheet music afro-american public library song afro controversial racism United States of America Colour Girlfriend vaudeville graphic design 1900s 20th century New York Public Library NYPL racist American America USA united states Unknown Clark cigarette Heritage Art scores Charles Clinton implied racism racial stereotype derogatory coon song E.T. Paull Music Co. Paull E.T. E.T. Paull Music Company C. C. Clark C. C. Charles Clinton Clark