Five Melody Kings
Photo Credit: copy photo: J. Giammatteo
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Five Melody Kings
ca. 1905-191520th century
188 x 226 mm (7.4 x 8.9 in.)
Harrison, American
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Marks:
Inscribed in black ink, lower center: “Five Melody Kings” (…cut off); embossed, lower right: “Harrison Orange, N” (…cut off); inscribed in black ink, lower right: “To Manager Heuritze”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Purchased by the donors from a secondhand store in Bridgeport, CT; possibly collected by owner or manager W.P. Heuritze of the Roanoke Theater (location presently untraced), or by several managers or theaters.
Bibliography:
See object file for research on the collection by Laura Plageman (B.A. Wesleyan 1999) and Erika Greene (B.A. Wesleyan 1988).
Credit Line:
Gift of Ina and Philip S. Trager (BA Wesleyan 1956, DFA 2008), 1981
Accession Number:
1981.27.5.21
Keywords
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- comedy
- music - The art concerned with the combining of vocal or instrumental sounds in measured time to communicate emotions, ideas, or states of mind, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. [January 1995 scope note added. December 1991 related term added; related term added.]
- musicians - Those skilled or specializing in the art or practice of music, such as composers, conductors, and performers. [January 1995 scope note added. February 1993 descriptor moved. November 1992 alternate term added. March 1992 related terms added.]
- vaudeville - LC sh 85142419
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 188 x 226 mm (7.4 x 8.9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Harrison, American . Five Melody Kings, ca. 1905-1915. Gelatin silver print. image : 188 x 226 mm (7.4 x 8.9 in.). DAC accession number 1981.27.5.21. Gift of Ina and Philip S. Trager (BA Wesleyan 1956, DFA 2008), 1981. (copy photo: J. Giammatteo) .
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