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'Down where the cotton blossoms grow', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

'Down where the cotton blossoms grow', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

2-949-211 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

'Down where the cotton blossoms grow', 1901. 'The Ballad Hit of the Century; words by Andrew B. Sterling, music by Harry Von Tilzer'. Sung by Harry A. Ellis. 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: :
Subject
  1. Harry A. Ellis: American: Singer
People Related
  1. Andrew B. Sterling: American: Lyricist
  2. Harry Von Tilzer: American: Composer, songwriter, publisher and vaudeville performer
  3. Jerome H Remick: American: Music publisher, businessman, philanthropist
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
  2. Scores
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Trade & Industry Agriculture & Fishing

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4275x5657
File Size : 70,851kb

Aliases

  1. 1954593
  1. 1040003156
  1. 1954593
  1. 2-949-211
  1. 2949211

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