A Coonville Barbecue

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"A Coonville Barbecue"

Entry/Object ID

2013.109.1.1

Description

Sheet music, "A Coonville Barbecue," by E. C. Kammermeyer, published by The Eck Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1899. Subtitled a "Characteristic March and Two-Step," the cover has a racist stereotypical image of blacks eating chicken while a bottle lies under a table in a forested area. The lyrics are written in exaggerated black dialect using racist language. The item has extensive creasing, edge tears and soiling and is in poor overall condition.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Music, Sheet

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Composition, Musical

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Cattle--Marking--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Cattle brands--Los Angeles County (Calif.)