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Creator Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels.
Contributor Becket, Thomas à, 1843-1918.
Campbell, Charles, minstrel performer.
Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834?
Cox, John S., 1833 or 4-1902.
Dixey, E. F. (E. Freeman), 1833-1904.
Edmonds, M. D.
Gibbons, Charles.
Lamont, James.
Moran, Frank, 1827-1898.
Paul, J. S.
Rackett, A. H.
Ross, J. H., minstrel performer.
Simpson, R. F.
Stevens, Charles, minstrel performer.
Villiers, Charles, minstrel performer.
Masonic Hall (Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Waitt, Benjamin Franklin, b. 1817, engraver.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title Masonic Hall, Manayunk positively one night only. : Carncross and Dixey's Minstrels the star troupe of the world! In their great Ethiopian soirees ... Wednesday ev'ng, June 17, 1863, ... Burlesque monster concert a la Germania. ... Poor old maids! ... Babes in the wood ... Exempt shaking Quakers ... Deaf as a post, ... To conclude with the plantation walk-around, entitled High Daddy! by the full company. Admission, twenty-five cents Doors open at quarter past 7. Performance commence at 8 o'clock. / J.L. Carncross, business manager.
Title Carncross and Dixey's Minstrels the star troupe of the world
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : U.S. Job Print]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date [1863]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill., ports. ; 57 x 24 cm.
Is referenced by Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 348
Notes The performers include: Thomas à Becket, Charles Campbell, J.L. Carncross, J.S. Cox, E.F. Dixey, M.D. Edmonds, Charles Gibbons, James Lamont, Frank Moran, J.S. Paul, A.H. Rackett, J.H. Ross, R.F. Simpson, Charles Stevens, and Charles Villiers.
Other playbills from this tour bear the imprint: U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia.
Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 55.6 x 20.4 cm.
Portraits signed: Waitt sc.
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.
Carncross, J. L. (John L.), b. 1834? -- Portraits.
Dixey, E. F. (E. Freeman), 1833-1904 -- Portraits.
Babes in the wood.
Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904. High Daddy.
Exempt shaking Quakers.
Leavitt, A. J. (Andrew J.). Deaf as a post.
Poor old maids.
African American History
Geographic subject Manayunk (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Broadsides.
Playbills.
Illustrator Waitt, Benjamin Franklin, 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 1863 Carncross (25)5761.F.82b (McAllister)
Accession number (25)5761.F.82b (McAllister)

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