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Creator Wyman, John, 1816-1881.
Contributor Assembly Buildings (Philadelphia, Pa.)
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title Tenth week of Wyman! ventriloquist and wizard. : Monday, May 2, & every evening during the week Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at three o'clock. The wonderful programme respectfully dedicated to Wyman, the wizard, by the spirit of a dead poet. ... Admittance, 25 cents. Children, 15 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. To commence at 8.
Title At head of title: Assembly Buildings corner of Tenth and Chestnut Sts.
Title Wyman ventriloquist and wizard
Title Come listen, my friends to the truths I'll impart
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date [1864]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 56 x 20 cm.
Notes May 2 fell on a Monday in 1864.
"The wonderful programme," a poem in fifty verses describing John Wyman's magic act, has first line: Come listen, my friends to the truths I'll impart.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Magic shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Magicians.
Ventriloquists.
Wyman, John, 1816-1881.
Genre Broadsides.
Playbills.
Poems -- 1864.
Printer United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | PB 1864 Wyman (6)5761.F.18b (McAllister)
Accession number (6)5761.F.18b (McAllister)

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