Title

'Stay in your own backyard', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Stay in your own backyard', 1899. 'Pathetic Ballad & Refrain; Band, Orchestra, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar; words by Karl Kennett, music by Lynn Udal'. 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_498

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

66.2Mo (4.0Mo) / 35.3cm x 47.0cm / 4166 x 5556 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal female Caucasian women woman people black child children library job home music garden arts country play playing playhouse entertainment fence singing dog dogs white theatre occupation color design location century profession vocalist singer print score concept back yard language offensive acting controversy African American African-American B&W sheet music afro-american backyard public library song controversial actress 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 segregation photograph portrait united states Unknown M chorus girl M Witmark & Sons Witmark M. Witmark & Sons Marcus Witmark & Sons Marcus Heritage Art Karl Shattuck scores 19th-century implied racism racial stereotype derogatory Notated music coon song Truly Shattuck Truly Clarice Etrulia de Burchards Burchards Clarice Etrulia de Clarice Etrulia de Burcharde Burcharde Lyn Udall Udall Lyn Karl Kennett Kennett