“I Am De Leadin' Lady of De Town”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1902
name: label: composer
content: Lane, Theodore
label: composer; lyricist; performer
content: Silver, Morris S.
label: publisher
content: Fred W. King Music Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “I Am De Leading Lady of De Town” was written and composed by Morris S. Silver and published by the Fred W. King Music Co. of Chicago, Illinois in 1902. This copy was published as a supplement to the “New York American Journal” on November 2, 1902. The cover features an illustration of one well-dressed African American woman with a row of African American men in white suits behind her. There is also an inset photograph of composer and singer Morris S. Silver.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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: 1982.0440.29
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.29
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: 10 1/8 in x 8 3/4 in; 25.7175 cm x 22.225 cm