(ENTERTAINMENT BURLESQUE) The Creole Burlesque Co New Songs

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(ENTERTAINMENT--BURLESQUE.) The Creole Burlesque Co. New Songster. 48 pages including illustrated title page. 8vo, original chromolithographic illustrated wrappers with alternate title "Sentimental & Comic Musical Gems as Sung by the Creole Burlesque Co.," creased and worn with two chips extending into the image; folds, creased and minor wear throughout, minor soiling to 2 pages. Np, circa 1890

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The successful white promoter Sam T. Jack launched the Creole Burlesque Company in 1890, and it toured nationally through 1897. It is considered to be the first burlesque company starring African-American women. Interspersed among the songs (text only) are numerous riddles and quips which might be considered typical of the company's performances. None traced in OCLC or at auction, though another example illustrates Jack's page on Wikipedia.