Title

'I guess you'd better hush, hush, hush', 1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'I guess you'd better hush, hush, hush', 1900. 'Composed by Julia Marion Manley; as sung at the Orpheum by Norma Whalley; Musical Supplement to the Sunday Examiner'. 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

HRM23A11_049

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75,6Mb (3,2Mb) / 14,8in x 19,9in / 4434 x 5958 (300dpi)

Keywords

female Caucasian women woman people library job music arts Australia Australian country entertainment singing white occupation color design location century profession vocalist singer print score actors acting African American African-American B&W sheet music afro-american actor public library song actress United States of America Colour vaudeville Thespian graphic design black & white black and white B W white and black 1900s 20th century New York Public Library NYPL American America USA Norma Whalley photograph portrait united states Unknown Lady Norma Clarke Whalley Heritage Art Sol scores Notated music coon song Sol Bloom Bloom Lady Clarke Julia Marion Manley Manley Julia Marion