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'The latch-string's always hanging out for you', 1900. Creator: Unknown.

'The latch-string's always hanging out for you', 1900. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-137 - /Heritage Images

'The latch-string's always hanging out for you', 1900. 'Written by Fred J. Hamill, composed by Paul Cohn, as sung by the only Fougere in Round New York in 80 Minutes'. Eugénie Fougère was a French vaudeville and music hall dancer and singer, known for her rendition of the popular 'cakewalk' dance. 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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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Eugenie Fougere: French: Performer, dancer and singer
People Related
  1. Paul Cohn: : Composer
  2. Fred J. Hamill: American: Lyricist, songwriter
  3. Windsor Music Co.: American: Publisher
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Portrait
  3. Scores
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4231x5357
File Size : 66,403kb

Aliases

  1. 1257024
  1. 1040001471
  1. 1257024
  1. 2-949-137
  1. 2949137

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