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Creator Canterbury Music Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor Batchelor, Edward.
Batchelor, William W.
Berthelon, Dick.
Birch, Annie.
Brookfield, Tom.
Forbes, Johnny.
Gardiner, Robert, music-hall proprietor.
Martin, Master.
Miles, George M.
Nosher, Joseph.
Rush, Anne.
Warren, Mary, vocalist.
Canterbury Brass Band.
Canterbury Minstrels.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title Canterbury Music Hall North-West corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Open every night. : Robert Gardiner, proprietor ... Excelsior company. The following array of talent will appear every evening in their respective roles: First appearance of Miss Annie Birch, the beautiful and fascinating danseuse, ... Miss Annie Rush, the charming cantatrice, ... Miss Mary Warren, the ever pleasing vocalist. ... Free balcony serenade by the Canterbury Brass Band, led by the great Joe Nosher. Programme for this evening. ... Canterbury Minstrels! ... The whole to conclude with the laughable and side-splitting afterpiece, called The U.S. Mail! or, The carrier in trouble. ... Patrons and strangers visiting the Canterbury, will find it the quietest and best conducted music hall in the city.
Title Excelsior company
Title First appearance of Miss Annie Birch, the beautiful and fascinating danseuse
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Printing Office, Ledger Buildings
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862?]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 52 x 21 cm.
Notes On a March 1862 playbill, the proprietors were listed as Wm. A. Wray and Robert Gardiner; by January 1863, the proprietors were listed as Robert Gardiner and Harry Enochs.
Other members of the company include: William Batchelor, Dick Berthelon, Tom Brookfield, Johnny Forbes, Master Martin, and George M. Miles.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Music-halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women dancers.
Women singers.
Bloomer promenade.
U.S. Mail! or, The carrier in trouble.
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 1862 (27)5761.F.17a (McAllister)
Accession number (27)5761.F.17a (McAllister)

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