“The Coldest Coon in Town”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1902
name: label: lyricist
content: Sterling, Andrew B.
label: composer
content: Von Tilzer, Harry
label: publisher
content: W. C. Dunn and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song “The Coldest Coon in Town” was written by Andrew B. Sterling and composed by Harry Von Tilzer. The song was originally published by W. C. Dunn and Co. of New York, New York in 1899, and republished as a supplement to the “New York Herald Supplement” on March 16, 1902. The sheet features an illustration of a caricatured black man ice skating on ice that is cracking.
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: 1982.0440.45
label: accession number
content: 1982.0440
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0440.45
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 1/8 in x 10 1/8 in; 35.8775 cm x 25.7175 cm