Showwoman
Found in 457 Collections and/or Records:
Daily Sketch Newspaper Article About the Denvers, 26 June 1957
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.
David Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.
David Robinson Collection
This collection contains rare posters, handbills, photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings, catalogues and books on travelling exhibitions, speciality acts, magic, circus, performing animals and freak shows.
Decar and Tomato Collection
This collection contains black and white photographs and postcards of several generations of the Decar family with a strong focus on John Decar and his act as Decar and Tomato. It also includes other circus performers as well as autograph books and a scrapbook.
Denvers' Knives Sharp: So Is Entire Home Show Newspaper Cutting, 10 April 1952
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.’
Dewsbury Feast Poster, 22 - 26 July c1975
Showmen’s Guild, Yorkshire Section. Red and blue type on yellow background.
Dick Price Collection
Dick Scott-Stewart Collection
Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.
Digital Media, 1816 - 1938
Digital copies of documents, census records and photographs related to the Monte Williams family.
Digital Records
Material related to fairground children's education and showmen census research, also contains work done for the government about showmen and the Showmen Guild of Great Britain.
Documents About Legislation and Planning Related to Travelling Fairs and People, 1960 - 2007
Contains a copy of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, the response from the government to the ninth report of the committee: travelling fairs, the traveller law reform bill, press notices, correspondence, memorandums and planning documents.
Documents Related to Children Showmen's Education and Other Guild Business Matters, 2001 - 2003
Documents Related to Newcastle Town Moor Fair, 20 - 29 June 2003, 1989
Event manual, zone wardens' handbook and site permit application forms.
Duffy Family Biographical Material, 1797 - 1998
Research material relating to the Duffy family including birth, marriage and death certificates and photocopies from various sources about the Duffy family and circus.
Durrant's Press Cuttings, 1930 - 1955
Education on the Move Article, 28 August 2000
Article for the World's Fair about the state of education of young showpeople by Michelle Leonard, includes photographs. Typescript with handwritten annotations, 7pp. And five colour photographs showing the education liaison officer, a teaching bus and children at a lesson.
Eleanor Rayner Collection
Small collection of souvenir newspapers, newspaper cuttings, articles and printed ephemera, relating to the Rayner family and their involvement in the Goose Fair, compiled by Eleanor Rayner.
Emergency Passport, October 1914
Emergency passport issued to Lily Smith (Ohmy) in Berlin, Germany during the First World War by the American Embassy to enable her liberation from Ruhleben prisoner camp and her return to England. Typescript.
Employment Documents, 1944 - 1946
Various employment related documents for Thomas and Lena Dobson.
Endcliffe Park, Sheffield Fun Fair Poster, 12 - 20 August c1975
Showmen’s Guild, Yorkshire Section. Red and blue type on yellow background.