
Aida overton walker free#
You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. Aida Overton Walker (Febru October 11, 1914), also billed as Ada Overton Walker and as 'The Queen of the Cakewalk', was an American vaudeville performer, actress, singer, dancer, choreographer, and wife of vaudevillian George Walker. By 1895 she was a member of the famous black touring company disparagingly known as John Isham’s Octoroons and then joined the Black Patti Troubadours. Type of Resource Still image Identifiers NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138 NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11527242 Photo Order: 53179 Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 14a510b0-fb15-0131-e941-58d385a7b928 Rights Statement The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. Aida was born in 1880 in New York City and became known quickly for her talent as a dancer and singer as well as her great natural beauty.

Aida Overton Walker portrait collection Dates / Origin Date Created: 1910 - 1914 (Approximate) Library locations Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division Shelf locator: Sc Photo Walker, Aida Overton Topics Walker, Aida Overton, 1880-1914 African American women singers Women dancers African American women entertainers Publicity photographs Genres Portraits Photographs Physical Description Gelatin silver prints Extent: 14 x 10 cm black and white Image has a missing corner Description Studio portrait of singer and dancer Aida Overton Walker, circa 1910s.
