Collection

Cake Walk dance, companion to Walking the Line

This yellow backed stereoview shows a group with the same people as in Walking The Line stereoview. Here a different couple is the focus: the man claps as the woman faces him. The crowd is aware of the photographer–some look directly at the the camera. The caption reads: “447a. A cake walk”. The left margin says: “European and American Views,” as does the right margin.
Apparently, it was unusual for stereoviews to depict Black people smiling.

Date

c. 1898

Media Type

Photograph