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'Swing 'round and let her flicker', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

'Swing 'round and let her flicker', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-106 - /Heritage Images

'Swing 'round and let her flicker', 1899. 'The First and Only Original Song Published in "Scrap Iron Time"; words and music by Carl P. Dietz; Sung with Great Success by T. Addison Wade, Character Song Impersonator'. 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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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. T. Addison Wade: American: Singer
People Related
  1. Joseph Flanner: American: Publisher
  2. Carl P. Dietz: American: Composer, lyricist
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) : 4317x5783
File Size : 73,141kb

Aliases

  1. 1256622
  1. 1040001427
  1. 1256622
  1. 2-949-106
  1. 2949106

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