14.00 USD
We cannot find much information on Miss Hobson, only that the "Florida Creole Girls" were a troupe of African American dancers who played Music Halls in Europe at the turn of the century. This card is advertising a performance of the Cake Walk, at the Casino de Paris. The Cake Walk, a dance which is supposed by many historians to have developed among the slaves of southern plantations, enjoyed great popularity in the 1890s USA. It's public performances by both black and white dancers were among the first racially integrated theatrical performances seen in cities like New York. The popularity of this dance spread across the country, and then to Europe and South America! Miss Hobson and the Florida Creole Girls apparently took that show on the road :)
For an idea of the way the Cake Walk might have looked when performed on a French stage in 1903, we offer you a youtube link which if followed will take you to a film by the famous French film maker George Melies, titled "Le Cake Walk Infernal."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5YhbY0OUiU
This is a very nice card in quite fine condition, posted in 1903.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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