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Charles Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0069
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

John Bramwell Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0086
Scope and Contents The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...
Dates: c1786 - 2003

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Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1
Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1
Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1
Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
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Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1
Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1
C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1
Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1
Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1
Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1
Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1
Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1
Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1
Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Ford, Clifton, 1931 - 2009 1
Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1
G.R. Tucker and Sons Funfairs (Established 1976) 1
Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
King, Steve, Born 1933 1
Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
North's Funfairs (Established 1861) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Pepper, John Henry, 1821 - 1990 1
Piccadilly Hall (Established c1611 - 1612) 1
Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 1
Sandow, Eugene, 1867 - 1925 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 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 Nolan Sisters (Established 1980) 1
The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 1
Thumb, Tom, 1838 - 1883 1
Waddington's Funfairs (Initiated c1860 - 1899) 1
Weights Circus and Zoo (c1945 - 1999) 1
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