Box Party (1877); Box Social (1891); Box Supper (1899)

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BOX PARTY

   DARE has 1939 for "box party."


   18 February 1877, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 2:
   "I am one of a box party," is the latest dead head dodge.  When the number of the box is required by the door man the D. H. slopes.

  GOSSIP ABOUT; PERSONAL ITEMS INTERESTING TO EVERY READER OF "THE POST." The Marriages of the Past Week and the Near Future -- Parties, Sociables, Receptions and Other Social Features Narrated In Entertaining; The Washington Post (1877, Washington, D.C.; Dec 7, 1884; pg. 5, 1 pgs
("Last night the Senator gave a box party at Albaugh's Opera house...")

  Other Society Gossip.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Feb 4, 1883; pg. 2, 1 pgs

  NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS; A SENSATIONAL SERMON ON THANKSGIVING DAY.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 1, 1882; pg. 2, 1 pgs

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BOX SOCIAL

   DARE has 1928 for "box social."  I couldn't find it in the 1890 hit here.  The BROOKLYN EAGLE gives you a little arrow, but not ProQuest.


  24 June 1891, BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, pg. 2:
  Greenpoint division No. 99, sons of temperance, had a box social Monday evening in the Kerosmos building, Manhattan avenue and Milton street.

  LAUREL.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Mar 16, 1893; pg. 2, 1 pgs
("A box social will be given at Fleater's Hall...")

  Display Ad 8 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 19, 1890; pg. 7, 1 pgs

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BOX SUPPER

   DARE has 1934 for "box supper."


  TOPICS OF THE TIMES.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 31, 1899; pg. 20, 1 pgs
("One of the young ladies who attended the box supper at the Woodmen Hall acted very unladylike in refusing to eat with the young gentleman who purchased her box, by leaving the room just after her box was sold.")