San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 August 2019

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
16 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
17 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
18 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
19 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM
20 Feb 1869, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Billy West
2)
Masquerade ball, The
aka Grand masquerade ball at the Fifth Avenue Opera House
Text Author: Griffin
3)
Forty thieves, [burlesque]
4)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
Participants:  Billy West

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 February 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 February 1869, 11.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 20 February 1869, 367.