Handbills, c1786 - 1968
Series — Box: John Barmwell Taylor Box 1
Reference code: 178T1
Scope and Contents
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.
Dates
- Creation: c1786 - 1968
Creator
- Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 (Person)
- Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) (Organisation)
- The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) (Organisation)
- Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) (Organisation)
- Piccadilly Hall (Established c1611 - 1612) (Organisation)
- Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
- Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) (Organisation)
- Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 (Person)
- Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 (Person)
- Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) (Organisation)
- Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) (Organisation)
- Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) (Organisation)
- Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 (Person)
- Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
- Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
3 Box(es) (342 Handbills) ; Various sizes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Thumb, Tom, 1838 - 1883 (Person)
- Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 (Person)
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 (Person)
- Sandow, Eugene, 1867 - 1925 (Person)
Cultural context
- Circus
- Conjoined twins
- Dwarfs (Persons)
- Exhibitions
- Fasting
- Fat people
- Freak shows
- Giants
- Menageries
- Minstrel shows
- Music-halls
- Optical illusions
- Pantomime
- Pleasure gardens
- Sideshows
- Wild west
- Zoos
Occupation
- Comedians
- Comedians
- Fortune-tellers
- Gymnasts
- Hypnotists
- Performers
- Singing
- Strong men
- Strong women
- Stunt performers
- Tableaux vivants
- Ventriloquists
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk