Bert Williams & George Walker #1397

Caption from poster__      The Two Real Coons "I have never been able to discover anything  disgraceful in being a colored man.  But I   have often found it inconvenient in America."                                         Bert Williams     Williams met George Walker in San Francisco in 1893 and the  two formed what became the most successful comedy team of their time.  After appearing on Broadway in Victor Herbert's The Gold Bug (1896), Williams and Walker created pioneering vaudeville shows and full musical theater productions, including  Senegambian Carnival (1897), The Policy Players (1899), The  Sons of Ham (1900), their biggest hit, In Dahomey (1902)-- which also played in London the following year, Abyssinia  (1906), and Bandana Land (1907).     The Two Real Coons Bert Williams met George Walker in San Francisco in 1893 and the two formed what became the most successful comedy team of their time. After appearing on Broadway in Victor Herbert's The Gold Bug (1896), Williams and