Event Information

Venue(s):
P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome

Proprietor / Lessee:
Phineas Taylor Barnum

Price: $1 orchestra; $.75 balcony; $.50 family circle; $.25 gallery; $6 private box

Event Type:
Band

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1874, Evening
25 May 1874, Afternoon
26 May 1874, Evening
26 May 1874, Afternoon
27 May 1874, Evening
27 May 1874, Afternoon
28 May 1874, Evening
28 May 1874, Afternoon
29 May 1874, Evening
29 May 1874, Afternoon
30 May 1874, Evening
30 May 1874, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Barnum's Museum, Menagerie and Circus
2)
Congress of nations

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 24 May 1874, 11.

Congress of Nations, grand pageant, given at 2:30 and 8 pm. Includes extensive list of quotes from various reviews.

2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 May 1874, 4.

Mlle. Victoria’s brilliant success on the high wire. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 June 1874, 78.

Only a fair performance by Mlle. Victoria.