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Le Cake-Walk/Dansʹe au Nouveau Cirque. Les Enfants Nʹegres. 142/5 [photographic postcard]

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Le Cake-Walk / Dans{softsign}e au Nouveau Cirque. Les Enfants N{softsign}egres. 142/5 [photographic postcard].
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  • Le Cake-Walk / Dans{softsign}e au Nouveau Cirque. Les Enfants N{softsign}egres. 142/5 [photographic postcard].
  • Le Cake-Walk / Dans{softsign}e au Nouveau Cirque. Les Enfants N{softsign}egres. 142/5 [photographic postcard].
    Le Cake-Walk / Dansʹe au Nouveau Cirque. Les Enfants Nʹegres. 142/5 [photographic postcard]
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    Object Details

    Collector

    Hoffman, David

    Donor

    Hoffman, David

    Collector

    Boaz, Joyce

    Donor

    Boaz, Joyce

    Collector

    Hoffman, Iris

    Donor

    Hoffman, Iris

    Names

    Nouveau Cirque (Paris, France)

    Collection Creator

    Boaz, Joyce
    Hoffman, David
    Hoffman, Iris

    Collection Citation

    Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection, 1898-1920, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box X, folder XX, digital image file XXXXXXX.

    Scope and Contents

    Real photo post card. (Translation: The Cake Walk danced at the new circus.) Negro children. (Rudy and Fredy Walker.) See "Rudy and Fredy Walker, c.1903 postcard series 'Le Cake-Walk' by Rainer E. Lotz, http://songbook1.wordpress.com/pp/fx/african-american-musical-theater-1896-1926/rudy-and-fredy-walker/cake-walking-babies-from-home/Handwriting in ink at lower right. Stamped on verso, sent to an address in Dijon.
    sova.nmah.ac.0281_ref515

    GUID

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a39cc4be-54d1-40f8-93ce-779cc9aca81d

    Local Numbers

    AC0281-0000002-01 (AC Scan) AC0281-0000002-02 (AC Scan)

    Place

    France -- 1890-1920

    Topic

    African American dance
    Cakewalk (Dance)
    Dance

    Collector

    Hoffman, David

    Donor

    Hoffman, David

    Collector

    Boaz, Joyce

    Donor

    Boaz, Joyce

    Collector

    Hoffman, Iris

    Donor

    Hoffman, Iris

    Culture

    African Americans

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    Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection
    Hoffman/Boaz Postcard Collection / Cake Walk

    Extent

    1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 5.6" x 3.6")

    Date

    Circa 1898

    Container

    Box 1

    Archival Repository

    Archives Center, National Museum of American History

    Type

    Archival materials
    Photographs
    Photographic postcards
    Picture postcards
    Postcards

    Arrangement

    In Box 1, Folder Cake Walk.

    Collection Rights

    Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

    Genre/Form

    Photographs -- 1890-1910 -- Black-and-white photoprints
    Photographic postcards
    Picture postcards -- 1890-1910
    Postcards -- 1890-1910

    Collection Restrictions

    The collection is open for research use.
    NMAH.AC.0281_ref515
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a39cc4be-54d1-40f8-93ce-779cc9aca81d
    NMAH.AC.0281
    ACAH

    Record ID

    ebl-1562714418934-1562714418942-1

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