Title

'Whar de watermelon grow', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Whar de watermelon grow', 1898. 'Primrose's Great Watermelon Song; as Sung with Primrose and Dockstader's Minstrels; Yours in Black - George Primrose; words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld'. 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

HRM23A06_212

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Property release

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

74,0Mb (4,0Mb) / 14,8in x 19,4in / 4433 x 5833 (300dpi)

Keywords

Caucasian library hat music fruit arts country entertainment musician white clothes color design blackface performance dress performer performing show makeup text location century cosmetics make-up handwriting clothing print score concept language offensive top hat controversy watermelon African American African-American APPAREL B&W full length signature sheet music afro-american full-length lettering public library song controversial racism autograph 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 frock coat minstrel George blacked up photograph portrait united states Unknown blacking up Primrose Delaney tophat Jo Jos W Stern & Co Stern Jos W & Co Jos. W. Stern & Co Stern & Co J.W. Stern & Co. J.W. & Co. J W & Co J W Stern & Co Joseph W. Stern F. Heritage Art scores 19th-century clothing & dress fashion & clothing minstrel show George H. implied racism racial stereotype Belasco derogatory Notated music coon song Jos. W. Stern & Co. George Primrose George H. Primrose George H. Delaney Monroe H. Rosenfeld F. Belasco Heiser F. Heiser Rosenfeld Monroe H.