San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 November 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 May 1868, 8:00 PM
19 May 1868, 8:00 PM
20 May 1868, 8:00 PM
21 May 1868, 8:00 PM
22 May 1868, 8:00 PM
23 May 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  J. W. [minstrel] Hilton;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Black and tan convention
3)
Ku Klux Klan

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 May 1868.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 18 May 1868, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 18 May 1868, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 May 1868, 54, 2d col., bottom.
5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 23 May 1868, 55.
6)
Announcement: New-York Times, 24 May 1868, 5.
7)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 May 1868, 62, 3d col., top.

“The ‘Ku Klux Klan’ and the ‘Black and Tan Convention’ continue the principal features offered for the current week by the San Francisco Minstrels, who continue in favor with the lovers of minstrelsy, and attract each evening delighted audiences to their centrally located hall of Ethiopia.”