Sig. Blitz the great magician and ventriloquist, with his learned canary birds : will give his grand performances at the above hall, every evening during the week commencing at half-past 7 o'clock, and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, at 3 o'clock. Children, take your parents to see Blitz. Parents, take your children to see Blitz, and his canary birds. ... The evening's entertainment will conclude with the celebrated Dance of six dinner plates on a common table, ... Lessons given by Signor Blitz, of whom may be purchased a variety of family amusements, magical scrap books, &c. Instruction given in ventriloquism. Admission, 25 cents Children, 13 cents. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Blitz, Antonio, 1810-1877.
Contributor	Assembly Buildings (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Sig. Blitz the great magician and ventriloquist, with his learned canary birds : will give his grand performances at the above hall, every evening during the week commencing at half-past 7 o'clock, and Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, at 3 o'clock. Children, take your parents to see Blitz. Parents, take your children to see Blitz, and his canary birds. ... The evening's entertainment will conclude with the celebrated Dance of six dinner plates on a common table, ... Lessons given by Signor Blitz, of whom may be purchased a variety of family amusements, magical scrap books, &c. Instruction given in ventriloquism. Admission, 25 cents Children, 13 cents.
Title	At head of title: The birds do laugh, the birds do play, And Blitz will drive dull care away. Assembly Buildings Tenth and Chestnut Streets. Amusements for old and young! Mirth, happiness and wonder!
Title	Birds do laugh, the birds do play And Blitz will drive dull care away
Title	Assembly Buildings Tenth and Chestnut Streets. Amusements for old and young! Mirth, happiness and wonder
Title	Amusements for old and young! Mirth, happiness and wonder
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date	[between 1861 and 1863]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 56 x 21 cm.
Notes	According to dated playbills and advertisements in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the children's admission price was 13 cents from Nov. 1861 to June 1863; starting in Oct. 1863, the children's admission price was 15 cents.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Canaries -- Training.
	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Magic shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Magicians.
	Ventriloquists.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Playbills.
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 1861 Blitz (6)5761.F.46a (McAllister)
Accession number	(6)5761.F.46a (McAllister)

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