Metropolis Varieties! : 140 S. Third Street. The cry is--still they come The best free saloon in the city. Look at the stars! engaged at this establishment--the leading stars of the profession. Miss Anna Wert, the queen of song. Miss Ida Lee, the graceful danseuse. Miss Rosa Bowers, jig dancer. Andy Williams, banjoist and tamborinist. Billy Burr, Ethiopian comedian. Andy Schowers, in his great stump speech. J.K. Search, violinist and comic singer. Herr Tatzell, pianist. / Andy Williams, stage manager J.K. Search, musical director Performance commences at 8 o'clock. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Metropolis Varieties (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor	Bowers, Rosa.
	Burr, Billy.
	Lee, Ida, d. 1867.
	Search, Jacob K., 1807 or 8-1874.
	Showers, Andy, 1845?-1897.
	Tatzell, Herr.
	Wert, Anna.
	Williams, Andy, minstrel performer.
	Boerum, Simeon, engraver.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Metropolis Varieties! : 140 S. Third Street. The cry is--still they come The best free saloon in the city. Look at the stars! engaged at this establishment--the leading stars of the profession. Miss Anna Wert, the queen of song. Miss Ida Lee, the graceful danseuse. Miss Rosa Bowers, jig dancer. Andy Williams, banjoist and tamborinist. Billy Burr, Ethiopian comedian. Andy Schowers, in his great stump speech. J.K. Search, violinist and comic singer. Herr Tatzell, pianist. / Andy Williams, stage manager J.K. Search, musical director Performance commences at 8 o'clock.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam Job Print, Ledger Buildings
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date	[1863?]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 56 x 25 cm.
Is referenced by	Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 1451
Notes	Three illustrations signed: Boerum.
	Printed on yellow paper; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 55.4 x 20.0 cm.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons.
	African Americans -- Satire.
	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Minstrel shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Women dancers.
	Women singers.
	African American History
Genre	Broadsides.
	Playbills.
Illustrator	Boerum, Simeon, engraver.
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 Metro 1863 (27)5761.F.85 (McAllister)
Accession number	(27)5761.F.85 (McAllister)