San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 September 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Sep 1869, Evening
28 Sep 1869, Evening
29 Sep 1869, Evening
30 Sep 1869, Evening
01 Oct 1869, Evening
02 Oct 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Leggett and Allen [dancers];  Ira [minstrel] Paine;  W. [minstrel] Richards;  J. [minstrel] Juch;  E. J. [minstrel] Hartigan;  W. B. [minstrel] Lankeney;  Billy West;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  John F. Oberist;  George F. Clarendon;  Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck;  Bobby Newcomb;  W. D. [minstrel] Corrister;  Frank Kent;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  John [Ethiopian comedian] Mulligan;  Charley Backus;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  David S. Wambold;  Billy Birch [minstrel]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 26 September 1869, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 September 1869, 12.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 27 September 1869, 7.

“The San Francisco Minstrels still retain their popularity, notwithstanding the fact that they themselves considered it necessary last week to import ‘negro talent’ from the London Alhambra. They offer a splendid minstrel programme for the present week.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 October 1869, 206.