Sujet

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

Légende

'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 Leah Russell. 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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A10_258

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79,7Mo (4,1Mo) / 39,6cm x 50,4cm / 4677 x 5956 (300dpi)

Mots clés

agriculture field fields female Caucasian women woman people library job music arts country entertainment sun singing science white occupation solar system astronomy Southern color moon design full moon lunar plantation farmland location century profession vocalist singer print score concept cotton language offensive controversy African American African-American B&W sheet music afro-american public library song controversial cotton field racism United States of America Colour vaudeville graphic design black & white black and white B W white and black 1900s 20th century antebellum New York Public Library NYPL racist American America USA photograph portrait united states Unknown Russell Sterling Harry Tilzer Von Tilzer Gumm Heritage Art Aaron scores implied racism racial stereotype Leah derogatory Notated music coon song Harry Von Tilzer Harry Von Aaron Gumbinsky Gumbinsky Harry Gumm Shapiro Bernstein & Von Tilzer Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Company Andrew B. Sterling Andrew B. Leah Russell