<I>Play That Barber Shop Chord</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1910
name: label: Subject of
content: Bert Williams, American, 1874 - 1922
label: Composed by
content: Lewis F. Muir, American, 1884 - 1915
label: Written by
content: William G. Tracey, American, 1893 - 1957
label: Published by
content: J. Fred Helf Company, American
label: Owned by
content: Vernon Sugg McDonald, American, 1906 - 1982
label: Owned by
content: Mary Elizabeth Sugg, American, 1839 - 1915
notes: label: Description
content: Sheet music for the song Play That Barber Shop Chord. The front cover of the sheet music features an image of a man in blackface wearing a tuxedo and top hat. The man is set against a background of music bars and notes. On the top of the front cover, red and black type reads: [PLAY THAT / BARBER SHOP CHORD]. Above and below the image of the man, black type reads: [PROMINENTLY FEATURED BY / BERT WILLIAMS / Words by / WM. TRACEY / Music by / LEWIS F. MUIR]. At the bottom of the front cover there is a logo for the publisher that reads: [J. Fred Helf Company / 136 West 37th St. N.Y. City / Successor to Helf & Hager Company]. Underneath the logo the number 6 appears in black ink. The inside cover of the sheet music contains music bars and notes printed in black in for a song titled: [Betsy Ross]. The interior of the sheet music contains three pages printed in black ink for the song Play That Barber Shop Chord. The back cover features sheet music in blue ink for a song titled: [My Love Is Greater Than The World].
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
place: label: Place collected
content: Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blackface
label: Topic
content: Minstrel (Music)
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Racist and Stereotypical Objects
label: Classification
content: Written Music
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.275.5
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (34.3 × 25.9 cm)