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'Go way back and sit down', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

'Go way back and sit down', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-144 - /Heritage Images

'Go way back and sit down', 1901. 'Sung with Great Success by Adele Berg; words by Elmer Bowman, music by Al. Johns'. 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

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. Adele Berg: American: Singer
People Related
  1. F.A. Mills: American: Publisher, lyricist, songwriter, composer
  2. Elmer Bowman: : Composer
  3. Al Johns: American: Composer
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) : 4452x5849
File Size : 76,289kb

Aliases

  1. 1955170
  1. 1040001480
  1. 1955170
  1. 2-949-144
  1. 2949144

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