'Lam', Lam', Lam'', 1900. Creator: Bert Cobb.

'Lam', Lam', Lam'', 1900. Creator: Bert Cobb.

2-949-204 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

'Lam', Lam', Lam'', 1900. '"Munu" - Lam' Chops, Lam' Steak, Lam' Stew, Lam' Fritters, Lam' Chowder, Lam' Bast, Lam' O'Goodness; Words by Frank Abbott, music by Ben M. Jerome'. Inset photograph of performer in blackface. 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, as here.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Bert Cobb, attributed to: American: Artist
Subject
  1. Claude Thardo: American: Performer, singer, comedian
  2. Gregg Patti: American: Singer, blackface performer
People Related
  1. Frank Abbott: : Composer, lyricist, songwriter
  2. Benjamin M. Jerome: American: Composer
  3. Howley, Haviland & Co.: American: Publisher

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Portrait
  2. Scores

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Food & Drink

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4021x5129
File Size : 60,422kb


Aliases

  1. 1257012
  1. 1040003131
  1. 1257012
  1. 2-949-204
  1. 2949204


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