Town Hall, Pottsville Friday evening, Aug. 12th, 1864. Positively last night : Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels! The great star troupe of the world direct from their opera house in Philadelphia appearing in their grand Ethiopian soirees, laughable burlesques! Plantation scenes, &c. This Friday evening, August 12th, 1864. ... The perfect cure ... The Pikes peakers! ... Damon and Pythias, ... Ten-pin Jack ... To conclude with the new plantation scene, entitled How are you, greenbacks? by the full company. Admission, 50 cents Doors open at quarter-past 7 o'clock. Commence a 8. / J.L. Carncross, business manager. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels.
Contributor	Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834?
	Cox, John S., 1833 or 4-1902.
	Dixey, E. F. (E. Freeman), 1833-1904.
	Gibbons, Charles.
	Lehr, Harry, 1830-1881.
	Paine, Ira.
	Slocum, Edwin N., 1836-1895.
	Town Hall (Pottsville, Pa.)
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Town Hall, Pottsville Friday evening, Aug. 12th, 1864. Positively last night : Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels! The great star troupe of the world direct from their opera house in Philadelphia appearing in their grand Ethiopian soirees, laughable burlesques! Plantation scenes, &c. This Friday evening, August 12th, 1864. ... The perfect cure ... The Pikes peakers! ... Damon and Pythias, ... Ten-pin Jack ... To conclude with the new plantation scene, entitled How are you, greenbacks? by the full company. Admission, 50 cents Doors open at quarter-past 7 o'clock. Commence a 8. / J.L. Carncross, business manager.
Title	Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels! The great star troupe of the world
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam-Power Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date	[1864]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 57 x 25 cm.
Is referenced by	Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 355
Notes	The performers include: J.L. Carncross, J.S. Cox, E.F. Dixey, Charles Gibbons, Harry Lehr, Ira Paine, and E.N. Slocum.
	Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 56.4 x 20.4 cm.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Subject	African Americans -- Satire.
	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Pottsville.
	Minstrel shows -- Pennsylvania -- Pottsxville.
	Damon and Pythias.
	Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904. How are you greenbacks.
	Perfect cure.
	Pikes peakers.
	Ten-pin Jack.
	African American History
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 1864 Carncross (26)5761.F.40a (McAllister)
Accession number	(26)5761.F.40a (McAllister)