'What! Marry dat gal?', 1899. Creator: Unknown.

'What! Marry dat gal?', 1899.  Creator: Unknown.

2-949-111 - /Heritage Images

'What! Marry dat gal?', 1899. 'Introduced with Immense Success by Fay Templeton at Weber & Fields Broadway Music Hall in "Hurly Burly"; words by Harry B. Smith; music by John Stromberg'. 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

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Fay Templeton: American: Actress, singer, songwriter, and comedian
People Related
  1. Weber, Fields & Stromberg: American: Publisher
  2. Harry B. Smith: American: Lyricist, songwriter
  3. John Stromberg: American: Composer, songwriter
  4. Weber and Fields: American: Comedy duo, performers

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) : 3878x5480
File Size : 62,261kb


Aliases

  1. 1256657
  1. 1040001434
  1. 1256657
  1. 2-949-111
  1. 2949111


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