Auction Closing: June 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Lot Number: 210
Estimate Range: $500 - $600
1856 “NOTICE - A Box in the Second Tier has been assigned for the use of Colored Persons, who can only be admitted to this part...” BOSTON THEATRE Discrimination

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September 30, 1856-Dated, Black History Related, BOSTON THEATRE Advertising Broadside having Colored Persons Discriminated against in Seating and Entry, for the upcoming Play titled, “Marble Heart” at Boston, Very Fine.

BOSTON THEATRE Advertising Broadside measuring about 7” x 20.5” with a list of actors and a pricing schedule for seating. A Box seat in the 2nd tier would cost 50. Minor soiling. Rare Discriminated against in Seating and Entry for Colored Persons. There is a special Line of Text reading:

“NOTICE -- A Box in the Second Tier has been assigned for the use of Colored Persons, who can only be admitted to this part of the House and the Amphitheatre.”