San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Nov 1874, Evening
03 Nov 1874, Evening
04 Nov 1874, Evening
05 Nov 1874, Evening
06 Nov 1874, Evening
07 Nov 1874, Evening
07 Nov 1874, 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)
There's millions in it
3)
"Good Rhein wine"
aka Good Rhine wine
Composer(s): Gray
Participants:  A. H. [minstrel vocalist] Pelham
4)
"Poor little lost one"
Composer(s):
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  David S. Wambold
5)
"Washday"
aka Wash day
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance]
6)
Two orphans, The, [burlesque]
7)
Critic, The, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 November 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 14 November 1874, 262.

Program changes since last week.