Canterbury Music Hall, N.W. cor. 5th & Chestnut : Lessee and proprietor John H. Chilcott ... Programme. ... Canterbury Minstrels. ... Challenge jig, ... Surprise party, ... Schemmerhorn's boy! ... The whole to conclude with the plantation festival, entitled U.S.A. Look out for Thursday evening, when J.H. Jefferson, from Maguire's Opera House, will make his first appearance in this city in a roaring farce. Remember, Monday, Oct. 24th, when the world-renowned Scotch nightingale, will make her 1st appearance, Miss Kate A. Bell. Prices of admission. Private boxes, $2. Single seats, 50e [sic]. Parquet, 20c. First tier, 10c. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performances commence at quarter-past 8 The bar is stocked with the choicest liquors and cigars. Polite waiters in attendance. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Canterbury Music Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor	Alexander, Fred.
	Batchelor, Edward.
	Berger, Ida.
	Bishop, Tillie.
	Burton, Fenno.
	Chilcott, John H.
	Cowell, Sam.
	Emmett, Billy.
	Harrison, Bob, 1842-1912.
	Knoth, Mons.
	O'Brien, Alexander.
	Preble, Ed.
	Williams, Andy, minstrel performer.
	Williams, Ida.
	Canterbury Minstrels.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Canterbury Music Hall, N.W. cor. 5th & Chestnut : Lessee and proprietor John H. Chilcott ... Programme. ... Canterbury Minstrels. ... Challenge jig, ... Surprise party, ... Schemmerhorn's boy! ... The whole to conclude with the plantation festival, entitled U.S.A. Look out for Thursday evening, when J.H. Jefferson, from Maguire's Opera House, will make his first appearance in this city in a roaring farce. Remember, Monday, Oct. 24th, when the world-renowned Scotch nightingale, will make her 1st appearance, Miss Kate A. Bell. Prices of admission. Private boxes, $2. Single seats, 50e [sic]. Parquet, 20c. First tier, 10c. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performances commence at quarter-past 8 The bar is stocked with the choicest liquors and cigars. Polite waiters in attendance.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date	[1864]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 49 x 16 cm.
Is referenced by	Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 331
Notes	Oct. 24 fell on a Monday in 1864.
	Members of the company include: Fred Alexander, Edward Batchelor, Ida Berger, Tillie Bishop, Fenno Burton, Sam Cowell, Billy Emmett, Bob Harrison, Mons. Knoth, Alexander O'Brien, Ed. Preble, Andy Williams, and Ida Williams.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	African Americans -- Satire.
	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Minstrel shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Music-halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Schemmerhorn's boy.
	Surprise party.
	U.S.A.
	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 Phi Canter 1864 (27)5761.F.12a (McAllister)
Accession number	(27)5761.F.12a (McAllister)