San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 December 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

22 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
23 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
24 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
25 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
26 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
27 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

4)
aka Double clog reel; Double clog exercises
6)
aka Nerves original; Nervés
Composer(s): Gordon
Text Author: Brian
8)
aka Blue-eyed Jennie
Composer(s): Andrews
Text Author: Andrews
Participants:  David S. Wambold
10)
aka Animated photographs; Living pictures of great artists; Living portraits

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 27 January 1866, 334.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 03 February 1866, 342.

     “How pleasant it is to sit in the hall of the Frisco’s, and list to the sweet strains of Wambold’s melodious voice, or to the harsher strains of Backus’s deep-toned organ; to hear sweet William in his far-fetched flights of fancy revel, or follow Bernard when he questions end men joky.”