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'My Filipino baby', 1899 Creator: Unknown.

'My Filipino baby', 1899 Creator: Unknown.

2-949-112 - /Heritage Images

'My Filipino baby', 1899. 'A Coon Simplicity with Rag-Time Chorus; words and music by James D. Dewey; Sung with Great Success by Josephine Gassman with Hopkins Transatlantic Co.'. 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. Josephine Gassman: American: Singer
People Related
  1. Wright & Kochman: American: Publisher
  2. James G. Dewey: American: Lyricist, composer, songwriter
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) : 4637x6120
File Size : 83,140kb

Aliases

  1. 1256444
  1. 1040001436
  1. 1256444
  1. 2-949-112
  1. 2949112

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