For those who don't know, the tall one in the hat is Jack Brown. He was a vaudeville drag performer from the 1900s. This is the oldest known video of somebody performing in drag.
It's cool to see black and white performers performing together without distinction in such an early moving picture. It would be even cooler to know their audience was likewise mixed, without distinction.
For those who don't know, the tall one in the hat is Jack Brown. He was a vaudeville drag performer from the 1900s. This is the oldest known video of somebody performing in drag.
It's cool to see black and white performers performing together without distinction in such an early moving picture. It would be even cooler to know their audience was likewise mixed, without distinction.
A moment in herstory
i recently used this footage in series of collages about the cake walk with musics like minstrel and scott joplin. thank you so much for posting this
Wow. Thanks for sharing. You certainly made my day.
Cakewalk was US’s 1st dance music song export.
A peace of history xxLush
premier clip musical afro-americain en france!
I believe this played at the French World's Fair
Very nice. 💛 this antique
Wonderful!
"Mademoiselle voulez-vous danser le Cake-Walk, le Cake-Walk, Mademoiselle voulez-vous danser le Cake-Walk va commencer"
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Wow from the classic cakewalk to twerking thug life hip-hop rap.
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