Dancing darkey boy motion picture

In this outside scene, a small African American boy--dressed in a cap, leggings, and suit with short pants--dances on a table or other flat, raised surface. Surrounding and encouraging him with hand claps is a group of men, dressed in a variety of styles, from shirtsleeves and caps to suits and hats, with one gentleman in a formal suit and top hat. Visible in the background are two horses and stable buildings. The boy performs a combination of jig, clog and cakewalk dance.
"Scene is in a stable, where a crowd of horsemen, jockeys and stable hands are watching a little darkey boy dance on a table. 45 feet"--Edison films catalog.
60568 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60568.
Original main title lacking.
Duration: 0:27 at 24.76 fps.
Camera, William Heise.
Photographed August 12-14, 1897 at the Monmouth County Horse Show in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Edison catalog no. 5004.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0007) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 73; Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 327; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 244; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July 1906, p. 48; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 52; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPC 3488 to FZA 0286.