Creator |
Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels. |
Contributor |
Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834? |
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Dixey, E. F. (E. Freeman), 1833-1904. |
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Holden, James W. |
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Waitt, Benjamin, b. 1817, engraver. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer. |
Title |
Carncross and Dixey's Minstrels in their chaste and varied entertainment : plantation scenes, original jokes and bon mots
laughable burlesques! Fancy dances and beautiful music! Pronounced by the press and public to be the best band of minstrels
in the world! Tickets, 25 cents To be had at the principal hotels, music stores, &c. Doors open at quarter-past 7 o'clock.
Performanoe [sic] to commence at 8. / J.W. Holden, agent. J.L. Carncross, manager.
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Publisher |
[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philad'a |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
Date |
[1862?] |
Physical Description |
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill., ports. ; 60 x 24 cm. |
Is referenced by |
Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 344 |
Notes |
"Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels were organized in Philadelphia ... They opened at Sanford's Old Opera House, ... April 14,
1862."--T.A. Brown, Early History of Negro Minstrelsey.
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Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 56.1 x 20.3 cm. |
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Portraits signed: Waitt sc. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
Subject |
African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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African Americans -- Satire. |
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Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Minstrel shows -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834? -- Portraits. |
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Dixey, E. F. (E. Freeman), 1833-1904 -- Portraits. |
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African American History |
Genre |
Broadsides. |
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Playbills. |
Illustrator |
Waitt, Benjamin, b. 1817, 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 1862 Carncross (15)5761.F.3 (McAllister) |
Accession number |
(15)5761.F.3 (McAllister) |