'Creole Belles', 1900 (Inferred). 'Words by Geo. Sidney, song by J. Bodewalt Lampe', [Flossie Lanphere written in pencil]. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.

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