Month: July 2023

tonypastor1

Tony Pastor, Leading Light of Vaudeville [published Mar. 15, 1885]

jpkntz July 28, 2023

CAUTION: The newspaper column below, reprinted from the New...

billiards1

Caroming Egos of the Billiards Greats [published Dec. 17, 1882]

jpkntz July 28, 2023

The corner of Broadway and Houston street used...

yiddish3

The Very First Yiddish Theater in New York? [published Nov. 16, 1884]

jpkntz July 27, 2023

Strollin’ down the Bowery recently, and bein’ in...

tankard

King Pin Hall and Other Old Taverns [published Oct. 5, 1884]

jpkntz July 27, 2023

The first public house of any account started...

billy1

Muddying the Origins of Billy the Kid [published July 31, 1881]

jpkntz July 27, 2023

Some fifteen years ago, while passin’ one day...

redgal1

Mechanics’ Hose Co. No. 47 of the Shipyards [published Nov. 6, 1881]

jpkntz July 26, 2023

My old friend, John Quigg, once foreman of...

bearmeat

The Bear Meat Prank Leads to the Five Pound Court [published Nov. 22, 1885]

jpkntz July 26, 2023

The approach of Thanksgiving reminds me of a...

dinnerhour

Dinner Hour and the Dancing Master [published July 27, 1884]

jpkntz July 26, 2023

There are several points in everyday life in...

jefferson3

The Characters of Jefferson Market [published Dec. 16, 1883]

jpkntz July 25, 2023

Just as there are thousands who still live...

know-nothing

Maggie and the City Judge [published May 8, 1881]

jpkntz July 25, 2023

I met an old rounder the other day...