Barnum’s American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's American Museum [JAN 1842-JUL 1865]

Price: $.30; $.15 children under 10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 July 2015

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Apr 1865, All Day
21 Apr 1865, All Day
22 Apr 1865, All Day

Program Details

The Boone Family Combination appeared at 11 a.m. This week also included Barnum’s “Poultry, Pigeon, and Rabbit Show, under the auspices of the National Poultry Society.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Boone Family Combination;  Tony Denier
2)
Orange girl of Venice
3)
Dance, unidentified
aka Extravaganza dance
Participants:  Tony Denier

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 19 April 1865, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 20 April 1865, 7.
3)
Article: New York Clipper, 29 April 1865, 22.

     “Barnum’s Museum re-opened on the 20th, and gave a dramatic performance, but this early opening movement was not received with favor; in fact, Phineas was excoriated by some of the papers for his haste to resume the ‘Act of Money Making.’”