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 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). When Walker retired in 1908 due to illness,