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Argyle Theatre Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0117
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

Dates: 1865 - 1941

Bill Barnes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0172
Scope and Contents

Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.

Dates: 1881 - 2017

Fred Holmes Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0065
Scope and Contents

A collection of material including posters, programmes, handbills, newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to the shows of Jasper Redfern mainly in the Sheffield and surrounding areas. The collection was created by Fred Holmes who was a manager for Jasper Redfern of Sheffield, a pioneer of early film and exhibition. Jasper Redfern was the first man to show films in Sheffield. Also included in the collection is correspondence between Fred Holmes and Jasper Redfern.

Dates: c1895 - 1925

Orton and Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.

Dates: c1870 - 1969

Sanger Circus Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0154
Scope and Contents

Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

Dates: c1850 - 1945

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Names
Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1
Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 1
Aspland, George, 1836 - 1911 1
Assembly Rooms (1810 - 1819) 1
Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1
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Barnes, Bill (William), 1920 - 2019 1
Bartlett, John Norman, c1892 - 1972 1
Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 1
Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1
Booth, William, 1829 - 1912 (The General) 1
Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1
Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1
Braithwaite, David, 1932 - 1982 1
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1
Browns Foundry Co. (Established 1869) 1
Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766 - 1841 1
Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus, Colonel, 1842 - 1885 1
Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1
Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 1
Cranes (Dereham) Ltd (1865 - 2005) 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792 - 1878 1
Danter, Establish c1880 (Fairground Showmen) 1
Darby, Herbert, Active c1880 - 1929 (Fairground Artist) 1
Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1
Fairweather, John, 1867 - 1942 (Architect) 1
Farrar's Fun Fairs (Established 1876) 1
Farrar, Enoch, c1860 - 1935 1
Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 1
George Orton, Sons & Spooner Ltd (1875 - 1977) 1
Gitana, Gertie (1887 - 1957) 1
Gompertz. Moses (c1812 - 1893) 1
Gordon, Charles George, General, 1833 - 1885 1
Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 1
Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1
Hicks, William, Colonel, 1830 - 1883 1
Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 1
Holmes, Fred (Frederick), 1878 - 1951 1
Hylton, Millie, 1870 - 1920 1
J. Whiting & Son Funfairs (Established c1899) 1
Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 1
KaMpande, Cetshwayo, c1826 - 1884 1
Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 1
Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 1
Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 1
Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1
Manders (Established 1850) 1
Mather & Platt (Established 1845) 1
Messrs. Hamilton (c1848 - 1923) 1
Moss Gear Company Ltd (Established 1910) 1
Norman, Tom, 1860 - 1930 (The Silver King) 1
Olympia London (Established 1886) 1
Orton, George, 1843 - 1924 1
Oxford Music Hall (1861 - 1926) 1
Pasha, Emin, 1840 - 1892 1
Pat Collins Fun Fairs (Established 1899) 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
Proctors Funfairs (Established c1870) 1
Pryce, Elijah, 1847 - 1935 1
Putney Cinema (c1910 - 1976) 1
Redfern, Jasper, 1871 - 1928 1
Reeves, Billie (William), 1864 - 1943 1
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 1
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
Robey & Co. Ltd (c1849 - 1988) 1
Royal Alhambra Palace (1858 - 1936) (London) 1
Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 1
Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 1
Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 1
Savage Ltd (1850 -1973) 1
Savoy Cinema (1938 - 1959) 1
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793 - 1864) 1
Sickert, Walter, 1860 - 1942 1
Spooner, Charles, 1871 - 1939 1
Stanley, Henry Morton, Sir, 1841 - 1904 1
Stewart Family, Established 1914 (Fairground Showmen) 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
Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2
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