Sideshows
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 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
Handbills, c1786 - 1968
Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1
Scope and Contents
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.
Dates:
c1786 - 1968
Handbills and Flyers, for a Variety of Locations, often featuring Illustrations, c1790 - 1939
Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.236-342
Scope and Contents
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at a wide range of venues.
Dates:
c1790 - 1939
John Bramwell Taylor Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0086
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of handbills, programmes and small flyers for shows, fairs, expositions and circus performances in the nineteenth century. The circus material in the Bramwell Taylor Collection was sponsored by the Circus Friends Association of Great Britain and consists of material relating to 19th century touring circuses, individual acts and purpose built hippodromes such as Hengler’s Circus and Astley’s Amphitheatre. Additionally this collection also contains a small amount of...
Dates:
c1786 - 2003
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Prof. Hamblett Handbill, 1908 - 1911
Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.271
Scope and Contents
Expert Character Reader direct from the World's Fair at The Royal Agricultural Hall, London. A flyer with 64 personality points.
Dates:
1908 - 1911