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'De cake-walk queen', 1900. Creator: Unknown.
2-949-116 - /Heritage Images
'De cake-walk queen', 1900. 'Featured as a Dance by the Wonderful Bessie Clayton at Weber & Fields Music Hall N.Y.; March Characteristic by John Stromberg; words by Harry B. Smith'. Portrait photograph of Broadway, vaudeville and burlesque dancer Bessie Clayton. From a collection of sheet music, some examples of which depict African Americans in a derogatory way. Other examples are songs by white musicians purporting to be black.
Image Details
Sensitive Subject
This image has been flagged as having a sensitive subject, or the attached metadata may use a historical and dated form of words and terms no longer used or deemed appropriate, but in common and accepted usage at the time the content was created and/or catalogued. No offence is intended and it is shown here and should be viewed in it’s historical context.People Information
Creator
- Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
- Bessie Clayton: American: Performer, dancer and choreographer
People Related
- M Witmark & Sons: American: Music publisher, publishers of sheet music
- John Stromberg: American: Composer, songwriter
- Harry B. Smith: American: Lyricist, songwriter
- Weber, Fields & Stromberg: American: Publisher
- Weber and Fields: American: Comedy duo, performers
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media
Society & Culture Issues & Causes
Artistic Representations Portraits
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4030x5456
File Size : 64,418kb
Aliases
- 1256807
- 1040001443
- 1256807
- 2-949-116
- 2949116