Event Information
Venue(s):
Empire Skating Rink
Price: $.50; $.25 children under age 9
Event Type:
Band
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
27 March 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
01 Dec 1873, All Day
02 Dec 1873, All Day
03 Dec 1873, All Day
04 Dec 1873, All Day
05 Dec 1873, All Day
06 Dec 1873, All Day
Program Details
Open daily from 12pm to 10pm with performances at 2pm and 8pm.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 November 1873, 7.
“Building heated by steam.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 November 1873, 4.
“Automatic Swiss Bell Ringers” in list of attractions.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 05 December 1873, 2.
Long description of the performance.
4)
Review: New-York Times, 05 December 1873, 5.
“Financial depression, disagreeable weather, and change of location seem to have no visible effect in this City on the popularity of any entertainment given under the name of P. T. Barnum…” Long review; no mention of music.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 December 1873, 294.
