Title

'Banjo serenade (Chloe I'm waitin')', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Banjo serenade (Chloe I'm waitin')', 1901. 'The F. Ziegfeld Jr. Musical Company; Anna Held in "The Little Duchess", a musical comedy in three acts - book by Harry B. Smith, music by Reginald de Koven'. 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

HRM23A10_114

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79,6Mb (4,9Mb) / 15,5in x 20,0in / 4645 x 5989 (300dpi)

Keywords

female Caucasian women woman people library job music arts country entertainment singing white occupation color design performance musical performer performing location century profession vocalist singer print score concept language controversy African American African-American B&W full length sheet music afro-american full-length public library song controversial United States of America Colour vaudeville graphic design black & white black and white B W white and black 1900s 20th century New York Public Library NYPL American America USA photograph portrait united states Unknown Smith Anna Edward Held Meyer Florenz Ziegfeld Ziegfeld Heritage Art Anna Held Helene Anna Held scores derogatory Notated music coon song Harry B. Smith Harry B. Harry Bache Edward Schuberth & Co. Schuberth J.F.H. Meyer J.F.H. Florenz Edward Florenz Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Junior F. Ziegfeld Jr. Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr.