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'Dancing on the Mississippi landing', 1901. Creator: Henry Brevoort Eddy.

'Dancing on the Mississippi landing', 1901. Creator: Henry Brevoort Eddy.

2-949-164 - /Heritage Images

'Dancing on the Mississippi landing', 1901. 'Words and music by Addison Kavanaugh; as sung by Queenie Vassar in the "Burgomaster"; music supplement of the New York Journal and American'. 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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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. Henry Brevoort Eddy, attributed to: American: Artist, illustrator, cartoonist
Subject
  1. Queenie Vassar: American, Scottish: Singer, performer, actor
People Related
  1. Addison Kavanaugh: American: Lyricist, songwriter, composer
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) : 4198x5459
File Size : 67,140kb

Aliases

  1. 1953358
  1. 1040001508
  1. 1953358
  1. 2-949-164
  1. 2949164

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