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:
17 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jun 1874, Evening
22 Jun 1874, Afternoon
23 Jun 1874, Evening
23 Jun 1874, Afternoon
24 Jun 1874, Evening
24 Jun 1874, Afternoon
25 Jun 1874, Evening
25 Jun 1874, Afternoon
26 Jun 1874, Evening
26 Jun 1874, Afternoon
27 Jun 1874, Evening
27 Jun 1874, Afternoon

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Barnum's Museum, Menagerie and Circus;  Mlle. [high wire performer] Victoria
2)
Congress of nations

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 June 1874, 11.

Congress of Nations, grand pageant, given at 2:30 and 8 pm.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 25 June 1874, 4.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 July 1874, 110.

Athletic program that began on Friday, continuing for one week. Further in the same column: death of horse Castor and serious injuries to rider Alice Costineydia during a hurdle race. 

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 July 1874, 118.

Ms. Costineydia’s recovery and return to the rink.