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Title
Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti]
Collection

The white side of a black subject, enlarged and brought down to date; a vindication of the Afro-American race; from the landing of slaves at St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, to the present time

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1897
Place: Chicago
Publisher: American Publishing House
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 973-W (Wood. N. White side of a black subject)
Topics
African Americans -- Social conditions
Jones, Sissieretta, 1868-1933
African American women singers
Sopranos (Singers)
Genres
Portraits
Notes
Biographical/historical: "[Sissieretta Jones was] sometimes was called "The Black Patti" in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissieretta_Jones
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR28228252-B
Barcode: 33433019727779
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11734818
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 562b5690-c62a-012f-0982-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1897: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1897. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0f39-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0f39-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1897). Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0f39-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-0f39-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti], (1897) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Cissereitta [Sisseretta] Jones; [Black Patti]