“The Queen of Charcoal Alley”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1900
name: label: composer
content: Emerson, Ida
label: lyricist
content: Sterling, Andrew B.
label: composer
content: Howard, Joseph E.
label: publisher
content: T. B. Harms & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “The Queen of Charcoal Alley” was written by Andrew B. Sterling and composed by Howard and Emerson. The music was originally published by T. B. Harms and Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1900, and appeared as a musical supplement to the “Philadelphia Press” on Sunday, November 25, 1900. The cover features an illustration of a well dressed African American couple with a poodle, and the illustration is framed with drawings of sunflowers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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: 1982.0440.32
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.32
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: 14 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 26.67 cm