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Where Our Father and Mothers Laughed Their Troubles Away
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
Where Our Father and Mothers Laughed Their Troubles Away
Date
ca. 1922
Description
View of a theatre at night where people gather in front of the building. Signs on the building read, "Dumont's Minstrels."
Notes
This long-noted temple of laughter, located on the east side of Eleventh Street just south of the Bingham House, was built upon the site of an old church. It was opened on December 4th, 1854, by H.S. Cartee as a "Lyceum." In the following year it was leased by Cotton & Dixie, under the title of "Eleventh Street Opera House." Very soon afterward it became the "New American Opera House," under management of Samuel S. Sanford. Then it was taken over by Carncross and Dixie, who made fun, fame and fortune here for more than a generation. The last combination to occupy the old home of minstrelsy before the foot-lights were forever extinguished was the Dumont troupe. The building was removed in 1912 to made room for a "Horn & Hardart" restaurant.
Taylor Catalog Number: 36
Is part of
Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 5-6 [2717.F]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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