San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

10 May 1875, Evening
11 May 1875, Evening
12 May 1875, Evening
13 May 1875, Evening
14 May 1875, Evening
15 May 1875, Evening
15 May 1875, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

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

2)

Composer(s): Tannenbaum

Text Author: Mitchell

Participants: A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham

3)

Clotilde; or, The bruised heart

Text Author: Unknown playwright

4)

Africaine, L', [burlesque]

5)

aka Wash day

Composer(s): Unknown composer

6)

Living photographs

aka Animated photographs; Living pictures of great artists; Living portraits

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New-York Times, 09 May 1875, 9.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 22 May 1875, 62.

“The San Francisco Minstrels, now sole masters of the field, are doing a satisfactory business at their Opera-house. Two hours of mirth and song satisfy the cravings of that portion of our community who are fond of this kind of amusement.”