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Creator Bijou Music Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Contributor Bijou Minstrels.
Boyd, Billy, 1831-1869.
Colene, Ellen.
Enochs, Harry.
Gallagher, Denny, 1830-1868.
Harrington, Harry, minstrel performer.
Holmes, William, 1840-1866.
Levans, Lida.
McMillan, C.
Miller, Adelaide.
Nosher, Joseph.
Williams, Dave, minstrel performer.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title The Bijou Music Hall, No. 607 Arch Street, next door below the theatre. : Harry Enochs, sole lessee C. McMillan, acting and stage manager ... Third week of the engagement of Billy Holmes, the favorite comic singer. Second week of Dave Williams, the greatest banjo player living. Continued success of Billy Boyd, Denny Gallagher, Harry Harrington Lida Levans, Ellen Colene, Adelaide Miller together with the entire star company. Programme for this evening. ... Bijou Minstrels. ... Intrusive darkey! ... Ole Bull in a tight place ... The height of impudence! ... The whole to conclude with The nigger door-keeper ... A grand matinee every Saturday at 2 o'clock for ladies and children. Admission, Parquet, 15 cents Orchestra chairs, 25 cents Private boxes, $2.00 Single seats, 50 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance commence quarter-before 8.
Title Third week of the engagement of Billy Holmes, the favorite comic singer
Title Programme for this evening
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam-Power Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Phila
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date [1863]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 52 x 21 cm.
Is referenced by Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 193
Notes Billy Holmes first appeared in the Bijou Music Hall in Oct. 1863; Adelaide Miller's first appearance at the Bijou Music Hall was advertised for Nov. 2, 1863; Henry B. Enochs is listed in the Philadelphia directory for 1864 with a music hall at this address.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject African Americans -- Satires.
Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Minstrel shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Music-halls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women dancers.
Women singers.
Height of impudence.
Intrusive darkey.
Nigger door-keeper.
Ole Bull in a tight place.
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 Bijou 1863 (26)5761.F.137b (McAllister)
Accession number (26)5761.F.137b (McAllister)

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