Broadside for Kairrissah at Front Street Theatre, Baltimore: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

1834 Baltimore Front-Street Theatre broadside in black ink on dark yellowed paper. The main text reads: [Baltimore Theater, Front-Street. / The Third Night of the Engagement of / Mr. J. R. Scott. / The Second Night of the / New Indian Tragedy. / On Tuesday, Evening, May 13, 1834, / Will be presented, the New Iniman Tragedy, entitled / Kairrissah: / Or, The Warrior of Wanachtiki]. Under the main text, the broadside lists the actors and their roles, a list of the scenes, acts, and information about the next night’s show. Below that information, the broadside has additional show information, along with seating price information that reads [Boxes 50 Cents—Pit 25 Cents/ Gallery for Coloured Persons, 25 Cents.]. The broadside was [Printed by J Robinson, Circulating Library, No. 2, North Calvert street].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1834
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Front Street Theater, Baltimore, 1829 - 1904
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 18 11/16 × 5 5/16 in. (47.5 × 13.5 cm)
• Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Tragedy (Theatre)
• Object number: 2010.59.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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