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'Whar de watermelon grow', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

'Whar de watermelon grow', 1898. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-096 - /Heritage Images

'Whar de watermelon grow', 1898. 'Primrose's Great Watermelon Song; as Sung with Primrose and Dockstader's Minstrels; Yours in Black - George Primrose; words and music by Monroe H. Rosenfeld'. 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. George Primrose: American, Canadian: minstrel performer
People Related
  1. Monroe H. Rosenfeld: American: Composer, lyricist
  2. Jos W Stern & Co: American: Music publishing company
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

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4433x5833
File Size : 75,755kb

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  1. 1256027
  1. 1040001413
  1. 1256027
  1. 2-949-096
  1. 2949096

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