Optical illusions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: NFCA use for optical illusion shows including ghost shows and phantasmagoria
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Photographs and Postcards, c1900 - 1929
Series
Reference code: 178C129
Scope and Contents
Black and white and colour photographs and postcards
Dates:
c1900 - 1929
Photographs and Postcards Related to Pre-Cinema Shows and Early Cinema, Showpeople and Performers, c1900 - 1929
File
Reference code: 178C129.1-33
Scope and Contents
Black and white and colour photographs and postcards of performers including dwarves, blackface performer, a white face pierrot and Du'calion, the interior of a theatre, a photograph of the Parade at Newport, Isle of Wight, photographs of Poole's myriorama, employess and brass band and a small family photo album.
Dates:
c1900 - 1929