'Shake yo' dusters, or, Pi Piccaninny rag', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

'Shake yo' dusters, or, Pi Piccaninny rag', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-080 - /Heritage Images

'Shake yo' dusters, or, Pi Piccaninny rag', 1898. 'Sung by Brewer & Suttle's Rag-Time Four: Gertie Brown, Saint Suttle, Maud Brewer, J. W. Brewer'. 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.


Image Details


Sensitive Subject

This image has been flagged as having a sensitive subject, or the attached metadata may use a historical and dated form of words and terms no longer used or deemed appropriate, but in common and accepted usage at the time the content was created and/or catalogued. No offence is intended and it is shown here and should be viewed in it’s historical context.

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Saint Suttle: American, African-American: Composer, actor and performer
  2. Gertie Brown Moore: American, African-American: Singer, performer
People Related
  1. W. H. Krell: American: Lyricist, composer, musician
  2. S. Brainard's Sons: American: Publisher

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Scores

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4294x5006
File Size : 62,976kb


Aliases

  1. 1255934
  1. 1040001392
  1. 1255934
  1. 2-949-080
  1. 2949080


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