Digital Object Record

GloPAD ID 1003872
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Digital Object Title Ballet at the Bella Union woodcut illustration
Performance Date 1870
Production 1870, Bella Union Theatre
Performance Place Bella Union Theatre (San Francisco)
Component Associated Performing Art Ballet
Component Stage
Production 1870, Bella Union Theatre
Component Proper Name Bella Union Theatre
Component Activity Date Unknown
Component Associated Location San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
Date Object Created 1870
Date Object Destroyed Unknown
Object Dimensions 8 x 10 x in
Component Notes While most variety halls of San Francisco's Barbary Coast were sleazy, squalid affairs, the Bella Union was of a slightly higher class of establishment. This woodcut illustration offers a rare view of the opulence of its interior.
Source Object
Format of Source Object Woodcut
Repository of Source Object San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum
Repository Assigned ID Sfp0101
Rights and Ordering Information- to reproduce or order a copy of this digital object
Credit Line Courtesy of [Collection name], San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum.
Ordering Information Contact San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum, reference@sfpalm.org.