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'Sorry, Mr. Jackson, I've got to throw you down', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

'Sorry, Mr. Jackson, I've got to throw you down', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-084 - /Heritage Images

'Sorry, Mr. Jackson, I've got to throw you down', 1898. 'Carroll Johnson's New Masterpiece, sung to many encores with West's Great Minstrel Jubilee; Press Eldridge, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Fun; words and music by Ed. Rogers'. 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.

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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. Press Eldridge: American: blackface performer, entertainer
People Related
  1. Jos W Stern & Co: American: Music publishing company
  2. Ed. Rogers: American: Composer, lyricist
  3. Carroll Johnson: American: minstrel performer, blackface entertainer
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Portrait
  3. Scores
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4551x5840
File Size : 77,865kb

Aliases

  1. 1255979
  1. 1040001397
  1. 1255979
  1. 2-949-084
  1. 2949084

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