New York Fire Department Annual Ball: 34th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 August 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

26 Jan 1863, Evening

Program Details



For the Benefit of the Widows and Orphans of Deceased Firemen.

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 November 1862, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 13 December 1862, 7.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 January 1863, 7.
4)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 January 1863, 2.
“For over thirty years these balls have been given annually, the first having taken place at the Bowery Theatre in 1830. They were subsequently given at the Park Theatre, Niblo’s, Astor Place Opera House, Academy of Music, and last year at Niblo’s again. The ball of 1863 will be the eighth Fireman’s Ball given in the Academy.”
5)
Announcement: New York Herald, 14 January 1863, 5.
6)
Advertisement: New York Post, 20 January 1863.
7)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 January 1863, 7.
8)
Announcement: New York Herald, 26 January 1863, 5.
9)
Review: New York Herald, 01 February 1863, 8.
“The firemen did up the thing in style. . . . [The] music was good.”