Acrobat
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Amusement ride
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Acrobat Doing a Handstand Photograph, c1930 - 1949
Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.107
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a man doing a handstand on the street.
Dates:
c1930 - 1949
Oversize Mixed Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1970 - 1979
Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.650-679
Scope and Contents
Posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell including variety and music hall, fairgrounds and circus.
Dates:
c1970 - 1979
Sanger's Circus Acrobat Photograph, c1880 - 1899
Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.29
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a circus acrobat who appeared with Lord George Sangers Circus at Balmoral in Scotland in 1898.
Dates:
c1880 - 1899
Willko Poster, c1900 - 1939
Item — Richley Collection Plan Chest Drawer 1: Series 178R43
Reference code: 178R43.3
Scope and Contents
On the Tight Wire in Mid-Air, Thrilling Sensation. Colour illustration of male acrobatic act, three scenes on the top section of the poster showing the performer doing tricks on chairs on a tight wire, on the bottom section a large house set in a landscape and a tight wire on the front, the portrait of the performer and the performer doing a hand stand on a tight wire. Printed by Edward Harrison Litho Studio, 18 Regent Terrace, Sheffield.
Dates:
c1900 - 1939