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Argyle Theatre Collection
This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.
Bill Barnes Collection
Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.
Charles Taylor Collection
The Charles Taylor collection is a fine example of Taylor’s of Wombwell printers’ posters, which highlight changes in printing techniques, fashion and taste within the popular entertainment industry. Included are examples of posters for pantomimes, fairs and circuses. The collection also contains handbills and other advertising material.
Lulu Adams Collection
This collection contains business records, newspaper cuttings, programmes, notebooks and handbills, as well as a collection of black and white photographs, some original artwork and other items relating to Lulu Adam’s personal life and career
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- Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
- Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 2
- Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
- Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
- Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2
- Adams, Albert Victor, 1890 - 1949 1
- Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 1
- Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
- Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
- Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
- Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
- Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
- Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
- Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
- Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
- C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
- Cashmore, Martha, 1870 - 1957 1
- Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
- Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
- Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
- Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1
- Craston, Joe (Joseph), c1900 - 1989 1
- Craston, Victoria, c1902 - 1989 1
- Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
- Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
- Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
- Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 1
- Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
- Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
- Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
- G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
- Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
- Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1
- Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1
- Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
- Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1
- Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
- Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
- J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
- KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
- King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
- King, Steve, Born 1933 1
- Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
- Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
- Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
- Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
- North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
- Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1
- Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1
- Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
- Poole's Myrioramas (1837 - 1937) 1
- Poole, Ada Violet, 1875 - 1954 1
- Poole, Charles William, 1858 - 1918 1
- Poole, Charles William, Jr., 1880 - [?] 1
- Poole, Charles, 1821 - 1877 1
- Poole, Elizabeth, 1856 - 1937 1
- Poole, Florence Henrietta, 1873 - [?] 1
- Poole, Fred (Frederick), 1867 - 1907 1
- Poole, George Walter, 1828 - 1877 1
- Poole, George, 1849 - 1929 1
- Poole, Gordon, 1893 - 1970 1
- Poole, Henry, 1850 - 1925 1
- Poole, John Kenneth Stafford, 1911 - 1998 1
- Poole, John Reginald, 1882 - 1950 1
- Poole, Joseph Wolseley, 1878 - 1954 1
- Poole, Joseph, 1847 - 1906 1
- Poole, Lillian Maude, 1879 - 1946 1
- Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1
- Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1
- Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
- Royal Alhambra Palace (1858 - 1936) (London) 1
- Savoy Cinema (1938 - 1959) 1
- Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793 - 1864) 1
- Sickert, Walter, 1860 - 1942 1
- Stanley, Henry Morton, Sir, 1841 - 1904 1
- Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 1
- Taylor, Charles, Born c1940 1
- Taylor, Heather, Born c1945 1
- The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 1
- The Bedford Music Hall (1861 - 1959) 1
- The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 1
- The London Coliseum (1827 - 1875) 1
- The Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
- The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
- Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 1
- Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 1
- Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
- Webb, Matthew, 1848 - 1883 1
- Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
- Wilton's Music Hall (Established 1859) 1
- Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, Field Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Sir, 1833 - 1913 1
- Young, Anthony, [?] - 1878 1 + ∧ less
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