Barnum’s American Museum

Event Information

Venue(s):
Barnum's New American Museum [SEP 65-MAR 68]

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

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 February 2013

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Apr 1866, All Day
17 Apr 1866, All Day
18 Apr 1866, All Day
19 Apr 1866, All Day
20 Apr 1866, All Day
21 Apr 1866, All Day

Program Details

Performances began at 2 pm and 7:45 pm. First appearance of Allie Tuner.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Allie Turner [infant drummer]
2)
Moving panorama of the Nile
aka Earthquake; or The spectre of the Nile

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 16 April 1866, 7.

     “First appearance of the Phenomenon, master allby [sic] turner, the infant drummer—four years old, whose performance is remarkable and pleasing.”

2)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 18 April 1866, 6.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 21 April 1866, 15.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 April 1866, 22.

No mention of music.