Wood’s Museum and Menagerie

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

Price: $.30

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 June 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 Dec 1869, 11:00 AM
25 Dec 1869, 2:30 PM
25 Dec 1869, 9:00 PM

Program Details

Burlesque. Doors open to the museum at 9am. Three burlesque performances given throughout the day on account of Christmas. The New York Herald advertisement of 12/24/69 also notes promenade concerts at 10:30am, 1pm, and 6pm, and a “fanfare militaire” at 5pm.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Dora Bella
aka Dorabella

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 December 1869, 3.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 December 1869, 7.

States afternoon performance begins at 2pm, not 2:30pm (as the New York Herald advertises).

3)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 25 December 1869, 9.