San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 July 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Sep 1869, Evening
07 Sep 1869, Evening
08 Sep 1869, Evening
09 Sep 1869, Evening
10 Sep 1869, Evening
11 Sep 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Bobby Newcomb;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  W. D. [minstrel] Corrister;  Ira [minstrel] Paine;  Billy West

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 September 1869, 7.

“Glorious reception. Hundreds turned away… With new faces, new decorations, new songs, new dances, new acts, new music, &c.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 September 1869, 11.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 06 September 1869, 6.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 11 September 1869, 183.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 18 September 1869, 190.

“The San Francisco Minstrels attracted fully as crowded audiences the past week as attended their initial performances.”