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Jack Brown 1875-after 1920 Pair of postcards depicting the noted female impersonator performing the cakewalk. Circa 1903. Hand-colored Real Photo postcards, each captioned in the negative "Le Cake-Walk / Dansé au Nouveau Cirque Les Nègres"; one unused with minimal wear, the other with light creases and addressed to a recipient in Paraná, Argentina with October 1903 postal cancellation from Madrid, Spain. Jack Brown was an African-American performer born in Petersburg, VA in 1875. He went to France in 1900, and in October 1902 began performing as a female impersonator in "Les Joyeux Nègres" revue at the Nouveau Cirque in Paris, interpreting the distinctly African American cake walk dance with partner Charles Gregory (seen here in one of the postcards). He continued performing in Europe through at least 1919, making his primary residence in Great Britain.