Going to the Silver Wedding
Boston: Published by J. M. Russell, (c. 1881). 1 score (Illustrated cover, blank page, 3 pages of music, final page listing music books available from J. M. Russell). 30cm. Stereotype image of a comical, "Jim-Crowish" African American man on front cover. Minor offsetting on page of advertisements. An uncommon piece of sheet music by Dan Lewis, an African American composer and minstrel performer during the 1870s and 1880s. OCLC locates copies at Brown University and three other American institutions published by W. A. Evans of Boston. The Library of Congress was the only instituion in OCLC holding a copy published by J. M. Russell. Near Fine. Item #90171
Price: $450.00
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