1 25 1 https://archives.countylib.org/files/original/f9af1f2ee100131f0d637e082ce7baa5.jpg eaecf06baf3c880b234db85a22c376f7 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photographic print Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8x10 inches Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cake Walk October 13 1899 Subject The topic of the resource New Market (Va) Blackface entertainers Minstrel shows Shirley, W.C. New Market Fire Company (Va) Description An account of the resource Photograph showing a group of black face entertainers. The photograph is labeled "Cake Walk October 13th 1899 Benefit New Market Fire Co." The Cake Walk was a popular minstrel performance at the time that ridiculed an African American dance of the same name which dated to before the Civil War and which was designed to make fun of the mannerisms of their owners. The man holding the violin in the foreground is W.C. Shirley, director of the event's orchestra. The other individuals are unidentified. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Box 2, Garber Shenandoah County Collection: Brumback, Shirley, Miller and Tidler Families, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Shenandoah County Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 13 1899 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) Relation A related resource Information about the Cake Walk minstrel show is obtained from the Smithsonian Institute and can be found at http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/who-takes-cake-history-cakewalk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 19-0131-001 Entertainment Minstrel New Market Shenandoah County Virginia