'Chicken Pete', 1901. Creator: Willard Bonte.

'Chicken Pete', 1901. Creator: Willard Bonte.

2-949-801 - /Heritage Images

'Chicken Pete', 1901. 'As sung by Sadie Stringham in her sketch "Over Yonder"; words and music by C.W. Wilcox'. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.


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Sensitive Subject

This image has been flagged as having a sensitive subject, or the attached metadata may use a historical and dated form of words and terms no longer used or deemed appropriate, but in common and accepted usage at the time the content was created and/or catalogued. No offence is intended and it is shown here and should be viewed in it’s historical context.

People Information

Creator
  1. Willard Bonte, attributed to: American: Artist, writer, illustrator
People Related
  1. C. W. Wilcox: American: Composer, lyricist, songwriter, publisher
  2. Sadie Stringham: American: Singer, performer, actor

Picture Type
  1. Notated music
  2. Scores

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Science & Nature Times of the Day

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Music

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2947x4101
File Size : 35,408kb


Aliases

  1. 1953344
  1. 1040001504
  1. 1953344
  1. 2-949-801
  1. 2949801

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