San Francisco Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House
Conductor(s):
W. Mullaly
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
13 June 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
28 Sep 1874, Evening29 Sep 1874, Evening
30 Sep 1874, Evening
01 Oct 1874, Evening
02 Oct 1874, Evening
03 Oct 1874, Evening
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: San Francisco Minstrels; Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]; Billy Birch [minstrel]; David S. Wambold; Charley Backus; Add Ryman; Carl [minstrel] Rudolph; Foley McKeever [Ethiopian vocalist] Ricardo; A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham; Eugene [minstrel baritone] Tremaine; [minstrel] Barron
Citations
2)
“Messrs. Birch, Wambold, Backus, and their jovial crew of San Francisco Minstrels continue to give their excellent entertainment, in the vein of Negro Minstrelsy at the new San Francisco Minstrel Hall. It opened brightly, and it has prospered steadily. Mirth has been diffused in liberal abundance; all the dyspeptics in the neighborhood of Twenty-ninth st. and Broadway have been cured; and it is whispered that all the doctors in that region will migrate to a sadder clime.”