October 17, 1881, he opened in San Francisco with Billy Emerson’s Minstrels. About January, 1884, he married Miss Carrie Armstrong in Philadelphia.
Mr. Olcott was with Carncross’ Minstrels in Philadelphia, where he remained about two or three years. Seasons of 1884-85-86 he was with Thatcher, Primrose and West’s Minstrels. September 11, 1886, he again joined Simmons and Slocum’s Company in the Quaker City.
A short time after that he became a member of the “Old Homestead”; later he played Nanki Poo in the “Mikado”; subsequently entering the field of Irish drama.
Chauncey Olcott was born July 21, 1857, at Providence, R. I.
Harry M. Price, prominent in many musical productions for his many successes in Dutch comedy parts, was one of the Price Bros., from 1877 to 1882, doing black-face song and dance acts.
Theo. Price, his brother, has retired from active theatricals on account of illness.
Harry M. Price was born in Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1857.
Banks Winter first appeared theatrically as a member of an amateur minstrel company in his native city; that was in 1877.
Mr. Winter became a real minstrel November 9, 1879, at Dayton, Ohio, when he joined Haverly’s Mastodons—and there were others, notably Billy Arlington’s; Skiff’s California; Leavitt’s Gigantean’s; Haverly-Cleveland’s; Cleveland’s and five years with Thatcher, Primrose and West’s.
In November, 1900, Mr. Winter, accompanied by his charming and talented young daughter, entered the vaudeville field, and as Banks and Winona Winter, traveled for several seasons.