Content: Cover design by Wechsler shows a black woman wearing a top hat, playing a banjo; near here marches a black cherub wearing hat and carrying a baton.
Content: Dealer's stamp on cover at lower right: Long's music shop, 318 D Street, San Bernardino, Calif.
Content: Printed as the supplement to The San Francisco Examiner, Feb. 23, 1896.
Content: Summary: The Darktown Colored Band make everyone excited and happy.
Statement Of Responsibility: words and music by Harry S. Miller.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (6 p.) ; 31 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10826013
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21757455
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fa2b5fb0-c590-012f-5371-58d385a7bc34

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. "The darktown colored band" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fa2b5fb0-c590-012f-5371-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1896). The darktown colored band Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fa2b5fb0-c590-012f-5371-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "The darktown colored band" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fa2b5fb0-c590-012f-5371-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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