'Alexander's Ragtime Band', 1911. Bandstand with musicians. The circular portrait is of Sunshine James. Cover to sheet music for a song by Russian-born American composer Irving Berlin (1888-1989). This was Berlin's first major hit. [Ted Snyder Co, New York]

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