According to T.A. Brown's Early History of Negro Minstrelsy, the Aeolian Minstrels "were playing in New Orleans up to February 25, 1865, when they sailed for Ship Island and opened there March 2 for two nights.", The company also includes: T.R. Deverill, N. Kelly, Joseph Norrie, W. Parsons, O.P. Perry, A.S. Remington, and Edward West., Illustration signed: Adrian-Probasco Phila., Printed area, including double-rule border, measures 54.2 x 20.1 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Aeolian Minstrels
Date
[1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1865 Aeolian (27)5761.F.111 (McAllister)