Record ID
436683
Object title
Griffin & Christy's Minstrels [playbill] : West Twenty-Fourth Street, adjoining Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Credit line
James Fuld Collection.
Provenance
James Fuld.
Inscriptions/Markings
Written in ink at head of sheet: June. 3. 67.
Notes
The address of the venue is that of the Fifth Avenue Opera House, identified in newspaper notices from the year 1867 as the performance place for Griffin & Christy's Minstrels in New York City.
G.W.H. Griffin, Manager; T. Condron, Proprietor.
"Part first. - Conversation and music. ... Part second. - Mirth and music. ... Fanny Bloomer! ... The Japanese exiles! ... Somebody's coat. ... Happiest couple out, ... Too late for the train. ... Part third. - Concluding with Chaw roast beef! By the entire troupe."
G.W.H. Griffin, Manager; T. Condron, Proprietor.
"Part first. - Conversation and music. ... Part second. - Mirth and music. ... Fanny Bloomer! ... The Japanese exiles! ... Somebody's coat. ... Happiest couple out, ... Too late for the train. ... Part third. - Concluding with Chaw roast beef! By the entire troupe."
Associated names
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.
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