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Image ID: 1165798
The black four hundred's ball / words by Billy Johnson; music by Bob Cole.
[All the hot dressed coons of the black four hundred, the pub...]
([c1896])
Image Details
Image Title
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The black four hundred's ball / words by Billy Johnson; music by Bob Cole.
Alternate Title(s)
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All the hot dressed coons of the black four hundred, the public wonderd. [first line of chorus]
Title 2.)
When the black four hundred gives their grand reception. [first line]
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Printed on page of the Sunday Globe newspaper [unidentified city].
Note 2.)
Summary: African Americans gather for a party/reception featuring the highest persons in African American society.
Note 3.)
Verso of page programs a perpetual calendar for the nineteenth century and an illustrated strip, "How a young and loving couple kept their tryst."
Source
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American popular songs. / Sheet music, 1896
Location
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts / Music Division
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