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'Ain't dat a shame', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

'Ain't dat a shame', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-161 - /Heritage Images

'Ain't dat a shame', 1901. 'Sung with Great Success by Fern Melrose; words by John Queen, music by Walter Wilson'. 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: :
People Related
  1. Howley, Haviland & Dresser: American: Publisher
  2. Fern Melrose: American: Singer, performer
  3. John Queen: 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

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4758x5961
File Size : 83,094kb

Aliases

  1. 1952734
  1. 1040001502
  1. 1952734
  1. 2-949-161
  1. 2949161

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