Black Diamond Rag - Dancing by Ragtime Rastus - Banjo by Fred Van Eps - 1912 Victor Record

Here is that wonderful little dance man, Mr. Ragtime Rastus, the Original Phonograph Ragtime Toy Dancer, Dancing to the The Black Diamond Rag, played by Fred Van Eps on an orginal 1912 Victor Record. The Victrola is a Victor Model 330, which was the top of the line Luxury Model of the Victor “Hump Back“ Victrola series of the early 1920’s. This an Original Ragtime Rastus Talking Machine Toy, original produced by the National Co. of Boston, Massachusetts in 1915. Rastus originally sold for $, or they of