2010.54.13420

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Harry T. Burleigh

poster
work on paper

Late 20th Early 21st Century

laminated
offset lithograph
paper

11.25 in HIGH x 14.25 in WIDE
(28.57 cm HIGH x 36.19 cm WIDE)

All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.

2010.54.13420

inscription: "Afro-Am Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago, Illinois 60653" is in the bottom right. The printed artist''s signature "Eugene W___" is to the left of the illustration.

Tag words:

african american
composer
figure, male
music arranger
singer

poster
work on paper

Art
History

african american
ethnicity and race

This horizontally-oriented poster highlights the life of "Harry T. Burleigh / (1866-1949) / Singer, Composer, Arranger". There is an illustration of a man with white hair, glasses, and a suit and tie in the right half of the page. The left half of the page contains song lyrics and music in brown. A paragraph of black text in the bottom left corner lists more information on "Harry T. Burleigh". That text is attributed to "Russell l. Adams. Great Negroes Past and Present" below.

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