“My Watermelon Boy”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1900
name: label: composer; lyricist
content: Williams, Malcolm
label: publisher
content: Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “My Watermelon Boy” was written and composed by Malcom Williams and published by Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer of New York, New York in 1900. This sheet appeared as a supplement to the “New York Herald” on May 11, 1902. The cover depicts a racist stereotyped image of a young African-American farmhand eating watermelon.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0440.23
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 10 in; 34.925 cm x 25.4 cm