Sideshows
Found in 347 Collections and/or Records:
Contract for an Engagement in Berea, Ohio, 22 June 1955
Music Corporation of America contract for the Sensational Denvers to appear in Berea, Ohio for six shows from 19 August 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Cache, Oklahoma, May 1956
Music Corporation of America Artists contract between Craterville Park, by Frank Rush, and the Sensational Denvers, to appear in Cache, Oklahoma, for eight shows from 16 August 1956; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Dallas, Texas, 10 October 1955
Music Corporation of America contract between Mrs J David Nichols and the Sensational Denvers, to appear in Dallas, Texas for two shows on 7 November 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Erie, Pennsylvania, 28 July 1955
Music Corporation of America contract between Rev Francis Schlindwein and the Denvers to appear in Erie, Pennsylvania, on 24 August 1955 for two shows; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Faribault, Minnesota, 27 June 1955
Music Corporation of America contract for the Sensational Denvers to appear in Faribault, Minnesota for four shows from 5 August 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Houston, Texas, 10 October 1955
Music Corporation of America contract between Mrs J David Nichols and the Sensational Denvers, to appear in Houston, Texas for two shows on 2 November 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Jackson, Tennessee, 1 August 1955
Music Corporation of America contract between Jack Lindahl of Boyle Woolfolk Agency and the Sensational Denvers, to appear in Jackson, Tennessee for twelve performances commencing 12 September 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 2 December 1955
Music Corporation of America Artists contract between Tom McCune and the Denvers, to appear in McKeesport, Pennsylvania for twenty-eight shows from 19 December 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 12 October 1955
Music Corporation of American contract dated between Music Corporation of America Artists and the Sensational Denvers, to appear in Oklahoma City for fourteen shows from 19 October 1955; typescript, 1p.
Contract for an Engagement on the Riverboat Follies, Iowa, 7 August 1956
Music Corporation of America contract between Candy Candido and the Sensational Denvers, to appear on the Riverboat Follies, Iowa, for six days from 21 August 1956; typescript, 1p.
Contract for Performances at Midland High School, Texas, and Tulsa Municipal Theatre, Oklahoma, 13 December 1955
Music Corporation of America contract for the Sensational Denvers to appear at Midland High School, Texas, on 12 December 1955 and at Tulsa Municipal Theatre, Oklahoma on 13 December 1955, for two shows in each location; typescript, 1p.
Contract for Performances at Vincent Air Force Base, Arizona, 8 October 1956
Contract between Major W Vincent and the Denvers, to appear at The Officers’, Special Services and NCO clubs, Vincent Air Force Base, Arizona, on 17 and 18 October 1956; typescript, 1p.
Copy of Application Form for Honourable Withdrawal from American Guild of Variety Artists, 10 December 1956
Carbon copy of application form applying for honourable withdrawal from the American Guild of Variety Artists by Olga Denver; typescript, 1p.
Correspondence, 1951 - 1979
Items of personal and business correspondence belonging to Billy Wood
Correspondence, 20 December 1994
Letter from Geoff Harrison to Howard Grey.
Correspondence, c1936 - 1993
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.
Crystal Palace and South London Handbills, c1835 - 1899
Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Crystal Palace and South London.
Cutting of a Photograph of a Woman Holding a Board with Knives Stuck on, c1930 - 1960
Oval cutting of a newspaper or magazine photograph of a woman holding a board, modified with black ink, with pictures of knives stuck on afterwards; 1p.
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 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.