Le Cake-Walk / Danse au Nouveau Cirque. Les Enfants Negres. 142/2 [Real photo 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)

Walker, Ruth (Rudy), 1891-after 1928

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

The Cake Walk (as) danced at the new circus. Negro children. Young girl, Rudy Walker, dancing alone. Real photo postcard. 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/

sova.nmah.ac.0281_ref521

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89dae6203-1db3-44ae-b622-e95a71a2ca97

Local Numbers

AC0281-0000008 (AC Scan)

Place

France -- 1890-1920

Topic

African American dance

Dance

Cakewalk (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 / 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

Photographic postcards

Photographs

Picture 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

Photographic postcards

Photographs -- 1890-1900 -- Black-and-white photoprints

Picture postcards -- 1890-1910

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

NMAH.AC.0281_ref521

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89dae6203-1db3-44ae-b622-e95a71a2ca97

NMAH.AC.0281

ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1562714418934-1562714418944-1

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