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| Picture No | 12904815 |
| Date | 1903 |
| Description | George Walker and chorus in In Dahomey |
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George Walker, and other members of the cast dancing in, "In Dahomey" at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903. The Tatler reports that the play was "produced with great success at Boston last September, is written and played by coloured people'. Also performing in the show was his wife, Aida Overton Walker (February 14, 1880 – October 11, 1914), also billed as Ada Overton Walker and as "The Queen of the Cakewalk", who made the cakewalk dance popular.
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| Source | Photograph in The Tatler, 20 May 1903 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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