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Knife throwing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:

A Brief History of Knife Throwing, c1940 - 1960

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178B19.21
Scope and Contents

Typescript titled, 'A Brief History of Knife Throwing', thought to be written by Hal Denver (aka Ralph Norman), 1p.

Dates: c1940 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Monographs, Articles and Manuscripts

Advertisement for Acts Appearing at the Town Casino, Buffalo, New York, December 1951 - January 1952

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178T29.4
Scope and Contents

Advertisement found inside Pix Magazine for the Town Casino, Buffalo, New York, in the form of a letter card, containing an advertisement for acts appearing in weeks beginning 4 and 11 February [1952], inside, and for week beginning 28 January [1952] on the back cover, where the Denvers are mentioned; illustrated, 1p.

Dates: December 1951 - January 1952
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Handbills

Advertisement for the Sensational Denvers, c1948 - 1956

 File — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178I13.1
Scope and Contents

A4 sheet advertising The Sensational Denvers, describing the act, with two photographs, published by the Stanley W Wathon Agency, New York; illustrated.

Dates: c1948 - 1956
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Amateur Photographer Magazine Article About Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, c1936 - 1946

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.12
Scope and Contents

Pages 75 - 76 of Amateur Photographer magazine (undated), from the ‘Miniature Camera Gossip’ column by Lancelot Vining, describing a day at Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, visiting the circus, with a picture of Hal Denver and his human target, Ella [Denver].

Dates: c1936 - 1946
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Audio Material, c1980 - 1994

 Series
Reference code: 178E18
Scope and Contents

Audio recordings concerning the life and career of knife thrower, Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver).

Dates: c1980 - 1994
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection

Business Cards for the Knife Throwing Denvers, New York, c1951 - 1957

 File — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.44
Scope and Contents

Business cards for the Knife Throwing Denvers of Maddison Avenue, New York; 4pp.

Dates: c1951 - 1957
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Various Material

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Cleveland News Newspaper Cutting About 'Olga the Ax-Dodger', 18 March 1952

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.19
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cutting from the Cleveland News entitled ‘Olga the Ax-dodger.’

Dates: 18 March 1952
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Correspondence, c1936 - 1993

 Series
Reference code: 178F17
Scope and Contents

Letters and telegrams primarily relating to the performing lives of Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver) and his wife, Olga Norman, known as The Sensational Denvers, in the 1950s, as well as Ralph Normans's family life and later career endeavours in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Dates: c1936 - 1993
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection

Daily Sketch Newspaper Article About the Denvers, 26 June 1957

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.3
Scope and Contents

Pages 5 - 6 of the Daily Sketch; article entitled 'Knife Thrower Won't Risk Wife for Less than £400,' with picture of Hal and Olga Denver and poodle.

Dates: 26 June 1957
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Dart Throwing Dagger, c1953

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178B19.22
Scope and Contents

Typescript instructions on dagger throwing titled, 'Dart Throwing Dagger: Anyone can quickly learn with these instructions: How to throw the dart dagger', thought to be written by Hal Denver (aka Ralph Norman), 3pp.

Dates: c1953
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Monographs, Articles and Manuscripts

Denvers' Knives Sharp: So Is Entire Home Show Newspaper Cutting, 10 April 1952

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.22
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cutting from Duluth News Tribune in three pieces and stuck onto a piece of hotel stationery, entitled ‘Denvers' knives sharp: so is entire home show.’

Dates: 10 April 1952
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Diaries, 1944 - 1947

 Series
Reference code: 178L9
Scope and Contents

Pocket engagement diaries, kept by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver).

Dates: 1944 - 1947
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection

Envelope of Press Cuttings About the Norman Family, c1932 - 1994

 File — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.25
Scope and Contents A4 envelope of press cuttings: 1) Article about a Wild West show at Kennards Ltd in Croydon, mentioning Cliff Norman and his wife [likely from c1932]; 2) Double page including three photographs, from an unnamed magazine, with an article about Hal and Olga Denver's knife throwing act; pp 19 - 20 and pp 37 - 38, in German; 3) Two torn pages and nine photographs of Hal and Olga Denver, in German; 4) Pages 39 - 42 of an unnamed journal, with pages 40 - 41 being an article about Arthur Van Norman...
Dates: c1932 - 1994
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Envelope of Press Cuttings About the Norman Family, c1925 - 1993

 File — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.26
Scope and Contents Small envelope of press cuttings: 1) Cutting mounted on card from Manchester Evening News, Saturday 22 May 1943, with a photograph of a 'circus performer at work' (a man twirling a lasso); 2) Newspaper cuttings of photographs of five people: the Mayor of Rugby, J J McKinnell, with Rugby Carnival performers [c1932 - 1934]; 3) Cutting of Hal Denver's advertisement for people recalling the Majors; 4) Undated cutting of unknown source, headed 'Empire,' with a description of a show including the...
Dates: c1925 - 1993
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Envelope of Press Cuttings About the Norman Family's Lives and Careers, c1946 - 2000

 File — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.29
Scope and Contents A4 envelope of press cuttings: 1) Copy of the Performer dated 18 May 1950, with an advertisement for the Denvers on page 12; 2) Page from Sunday Mirror Magazine, dated 20 August 1950, with an article on the divorce of Ralph and Ella Noakes (partners in the Knife Throwing Denvers), including three photographs; 3) Outer page of World's Fair, dated 26 January 1946, with notice of the death of J H Norman on page 1; 4) Two A3 photocopied sheets of pages 13 - 14 of World's Fair dated 28 April - 4...
Dates: c1946 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Envelope of Press Cuttings from the 1950s Relating to the Norman Family, 8 June 1950 - 25 September 1955

 File — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.28
Scope and Contents A4 envelope of press cuttings: 1) Pages 11 - 12 of Het Vrije Volk newspaper dated 30 April 1955, with an article about Hal Denver and a picture of his stage act (text in Dutch); 2) two copies of the Oklahoma State Fair Preview, 18 - 25 September 1955; 3) One-page article from Duluth News tribune dated 10 April 1952 entitled, 'Denvers' Knives Sharp: So Is Entire Home Show,' with the Denvers mentioned first; 4) Two copies of a page from the Duluth News Tribune dated 8 April 1952, with an...
Dates: 8 June 1950 - 25 September 1955
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Envelope of Press Cuttings Primarily About the Denvers' Act, c1933 - 1974

 File — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.30
Scope and Contents A4 envelope of press cuttings: 1) The Illustrated Police News, 8 June 1933, with three drawings on the front page and article title, 'Human Target Injured in Knife-Throwing Display,' on page 2 (no names); 2) Souvenir newspaper published in 1974 of the Daily Express for 19 May 1900, titled 'Mafeking Relieved'; 3) Souvenir newspaper published in 1974 of the Times for 5 June 1940, titled 'A Miracle of Deliverance is not Victory: Dunkirk'; 4) Two copies of a supplement published by the Daily...
Dates: c1933 - 1974
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Envelope of Press Cuttings Relating to the Norman Family, c1950 - 1994

 File — Box Norman Family Box 5: Series 178G22
Reference code: 178G22.27
Scope and Contents A4 envelope of press cuttings: 1) Copy of the Independent newspaper, dated 17 August 1994, with obituary of Hal Denver written by D Nevil on page 12; 2) Obituary of George Norman written by D Nevil [25 June 1993]; 3) Page from South London Press dated 21 May 1993, describing the funeral of George Norman, with six photographs; 4) Page from World's Fair, dated 24 April 1987, with an article entitled 'Memorial Museum to a Clown?' describing the wish of Valerie Howkins to open a museum dedicated...
Dates: c1950 - 1994
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Newspaper Cuttings

Fabulous Vas Vegas Magazine, 27 October 1956

 File — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178I13.4
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Fabulous Las Vagas Magazine, which includes an advertisement for an event that featured The Sensational Denvers at Hotel Sahara, Vas Vegas, Nevada (Page 3) and a short article describing the their knife throwing act (Page 26). Purple cover with white text, illustrated with a black and white photograph of a woman in a bikini, with black text inside, and black and white illustrations and photographs, 44pp.

Dates: 27 October 1956
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

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