Cake Walk October 13 1899
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Dublin Core
Title
Cake Walk October 13 1899
Subject
New Market (Va)
Blackface entertainers
Minstrel shows
Shirley, W.C.
New Market Fire Company (Va)
Description
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.
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
Unknown
Source
Box 2, Garber Shenandoah County Collection: Brumback, Shirley, Miller and Tidler Families, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
October 13 1899
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)
Relation
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
19-0131-001
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photographic print
Physical Dimensions
8x10 inches
Citation
Unknown, “Cake Walk October 13 1899,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/12363.
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