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'My own Manila Sue', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

'My own Manila Sue', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-101 - /Heritage Images

'My own Manila Sue', 1899. 'Introduced with Great Success by the "Beau Brummell of Minstrelsy" Mr Carroll Johnson; words by Earl Way; music by Herbert Dillea'. 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. Carroll Johnson: American: minstrel performer, blackface entertainer
People Related
  1. M Witmark & Sons: American: Music publisher, publishers of sheet music
  2. Earl C. Way: : Lyricist, songwriter
  3. Herbert Dillea: American: Composer, songwriter, music director, musician
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) : 4788x6150
File Size : 86,269kb

Aliases

  1. 1256477
  1. 1040001419
  1. 1256477
  1. 2-949-101
  1. 2949101

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