Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003

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Biography

John Bramwell Taylor was a Yorkshireman who migrated to the South East of England during the 1930s. John Bramwell Taylor spent his working life as a porter at the Travellers’ Club in London and spent all his free time and money collecting printed ephemera.

Very well known to dealers and collectors of ephemera John had a deep and abiding knowledge of early printing history. He collected in all areas and the material that is now in the National Fairground Archive is only one small aspect of his Collection.

John Bramwell Taylor died in Notting Hill London in 2003 and his large and extensive Collection was split on his death.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A Greater Wonder than Daniel Lambert Handbill, c1800 - 1899

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.248

Scope and Contents

Miss Nixon - fat woman “12 years of age and twenty-five stone” and Miss Oakley - 'midget' dwarf.

Dates: c1800 - 1899

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills

Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills, c1790 - 1939

Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.236-342

Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at a wide range of venues.

Dates: c1790 - 1939

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Greatest Living Phenomenas of Nature Handbill, c1847

Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 3: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1.307

Scope and Contents

Gigantic fat girl, Miss Holmes - two dwarf sisters, Miss Emma Patten, the Dorsetshire dwarf and her sister, Ellen Patten - great golden boa constictor, real Crocodiles, and strangling serpents. Private exhibitions can be arranged. Printed by J. Trives and Son, Portsea.

Dates: c1847

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills / Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills

Handbills, c1786 - 1968

Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1

Reference code: 178T1

Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

Dates: c1786 - 1968

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection

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Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A Greater Wonder than Daniel Lambert Handbill, c1800 - 1899

Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills, c1790 - 1939

Greatest Living Phenomenas of Nature Handbill, c1847

Handbills, c1786 - 1968

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