Your Money's No Good
- Composed by
- Johnson, Lee
- Published by
- Lee, Johnson & Co., American
- Owned by
- Sugg, Mary Elizabeth, American, 1839 - 1915
- McDonald, Vernon Sugg, American, 1906 - 1982
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.7 × 27.6 cm)
- Description
- Sheet music for the song Your Money's No Good. The cover is black and white with black type set against a white background. There is a black and white photograph of a man in blackface in proper left of the cover. Next to the photograph, in the center of the cover, there is an illustration of a caricatured African American in clothing adorned with dollar symbols, who is standing next to a woman in a dress saying "No No!" several times. The black type at the top of the cover reads: [YOUR MONEY'S / NO GOOD ]. Below the photograph, black type reads: [WORDS AND MUSIC / BY / LEE JOHNSON / COMPOSER OF / "MA ANGELINE" "MY HONOLULU LADY" / "THE BELLE OF HONOLULU" "MA CAROLINE" ETC / AND / J. Dewey]. Underneath the illustrations, black type reads: [A / COONTOWN / DISAGREEMENT]. There is a publisher’s logo at the bottom of the cover that reads: [Published / By / Lee, Johnson & Co. / 41 Geary St. / San Francisco CA.]. The number 5 is next to the logo. There are dollar signs around the edges of the cover. The back side of the cover has sheet music on it in black ink.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place collected
- Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Place printed
- San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- sheet music
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sylvia Alden Roberts
- Object number
- 2014.275.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.