Content: Drawn cover illustration by L. S. Fisher is of a stereotyped well-dressed African American man with bowler hat, smoking a cigar, with cane tucked under his right arm, in a stance suggestive of gambling.
Content: Summary: Crappy Dan introduces himself as a successful gambler with bones [dice]; most are afraid of his prowess, but he reveals that the dice are weighted to give him sevens.
Content: On cover: May Irwin's latest character success! Cover includes portrait photograph of May Irwin and a reproduction of her signature.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Chas. E. Trevathan.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 34 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f65a2920-c590-012f-fb69-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1896

Cite this item

MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Crappy Dan de spo'tin' man" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f65a2920-c590-012f-fb69-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). Crappy Dan de spo'tin' man Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f65a2920-c590-012f-fb69-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Crappy Dan de spo'tin' man" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f65a2920-c590-012f-fb69-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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