Event Information
Venue(s):
Jones's Wood
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
15 February 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
15 Sep 1873, All Day
16 Sep 1873, All Day
17 Sep 1873, All Day
Citations
1)
Review: New York Post, 17 September 1873, 2.
“...The Staats Zeitung estimates that from twenty-five to thirty thousand persons were present…”
2)
Review: New York Sun, 18 September 1873, 1.
“…The three-days’ festival which has just closed has cost the society $4,000 for decorations, and nearly 70,000 persons have attended…” No mention of music.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 18 September 1873, 7.
The “…burlesque of the seven adventurous Suavians and other burlesque performances were also repeated to the great delight of a vast crowd of spectators…Later the visitors were entertained by an exhibition of tableaux.”
