Child Musical Prodigies: Dudley Walker (United States, 1854?- )


Figure 1.-- We note an American prodigy during the 1860s. Based on a 1864 CDV, we believe he ws born about 1854. Unfortunately we have been able to find very little information about him. We note that in 1864 CDV portraits were being sold. People liked to buy portraits of famous people for scrapbooking. This was a relatively new phenomenon which began with the CDV because negative-based CDVs were so cheap to reproduce. Dudley wears a matching blouse and long bloomer knicker outfit. We are unsure about the color. There were all kinds of buttons and a lace collar, rather large for the time. The bow was more conventional. We think it ia a button on outfit covered by a waist band, He has white socks which were common at the time. He has curly hair grown out, but not long.

We note an American prodigy during the 1860s. Based on a 1864 CDV, we believe he ws born about 1854. Unfortunately we have been able to find very little information about him. We note that in 1864 CDV portraits were being sold. People liked to buy portraits of famous people for scrapbooking. This was a relatively new phenomenon which began with the CDV because negative-based CDVs were so cheap to reproduce. Dudley wears a matching blouse and long bloomer knicker outfit. We are unsure about the color. There were all kinds of buttons and a lace collar, rather large for the time. The bow was more conventional. We think it ia a button on outfit covered by a waist band, He has white socks which were common at the time. He has curly hair grown out, but not long. We also notice a newspaper article from the Hillside Standard (August 11, 1868). It is not relly clear what his tlent was, but I take it from the newspaper article that it was singing.








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