San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 September 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Feb 1871, Evening
21 Feb 1871, Evening
22 Feb 1871, Evening
23 Feb 1871, Evening
24 Feb 1871, Evening
25 Feb 1871, Evening
25 Feb 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  John F. Oberist;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Rollin Howard;  Billy Birch [minstrel]
2)
"God bless the Little Church around the Corner"
Composer(s): Wambold
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  David S. Wambold
3)
Brigands, Les, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 February 1871, 2.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 20 February 1871, 8.

“The San Francisco Minstrels are attracting and amusing crowds of the relishers of Negro Minstrelsy, which those performers very cleverly illustrate, supplying thereby a bright and beneficial element in the medley of current amusements.”