Sideshows
Found in 252 Collections and/or Records:
Lloyds Bank Money Wallets, c1960 - 1979
Lloyds Bank £5 bank envelopes. Black type on brown paper.
Look at Life Presents Big Baby Bertha and Slim Jim Poster, c1930 - 1949
‘Believe it or Not’. ‘The Mrs’ Big Bertha 540 lbs. ’The Mr’ Slim Jim 68 lbs. Colour illustration of fat lady in stripy orange and white dress and slim man wearing a black suit, tail coat and monocle dancing on orange and white background and orange, white and blue type.
Lots of Fun! Handbill, 1851
Industrious Fleas, at Sloane Street Gallery. “The Curious and Amusing Exhibition”.
Marriage Certificate for Richard Monte and Caroline Williams, 12 January 1899
Scanned copy of the marriage certificate for Richard Monte and Caroline Williams, married 12 January 1899.
Medusa Child of the Sea Poster, c1930 - 1949
Featured with the Ripley Road Show ‘Believe it or Not’. Colour illustration of mermaid on a beach with people staring a her. Figures on white with orange background and navy outline and shading and navy and white type.
Microscopical Exhibition Handbill, c1850 - 1899
The Lively Flea at Crystal Palace. Exposition of all things tiny/able to be magnified by microscope. "Opposite the great crystal fountain - south transept". Printed by Bowers Brothers, Steam Printers, 89 Blackfriars Road, London.
Miss Bertha Curtis Poster, c1930 - 1949
Weight 540 lbs. Colour illustration of fat lady seating on a chair. White figure with black outline and light brownish purple short drees on brownish purple background.
Monographs and Articles, 1965 - 1997
Articles and monographs on fairgrounds, boxing booths and education.
Monographs and Research Material, c1851 - 1999
Various items of family history and an excerpt from a book on fortune telling.
Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material, c1900 - 2018
Monographs, articles and research material on early travelling moving picture shows, related to the Poole family , Wilton's Music Hall, Walter Sickert, Bedford Music Hall, Randall Williams and early cinema in Scotland
Monte Family and Williams Family Photographs, c1903 - 1906
A folder containing 34 photographs of the Monte family and a folder of photographs of the Williams family.
Monte-Williams and Haydon and Urry, Ltd. Research Material, 1816 - 1938
Digital copies of 178B36.1, 178B36.8, 178B36.9 and 178B36.10, comprising 4 documents.
Monte-Williams Collection
Research material by Pauline Tindale and a small amount of original archive related to Randall Williams and his descendants, including birth, death and marriage certificates and photographs.
Mr F.M. Uffner's Latest Collection of Living Curios Handbill, 24 February 1883
General Tiny Mite, Chang The Great Chinese Giant, The Madagascar Family, The White Moors, and Zaluma Medea, at Piccadilly Hall Gen Tiny Mite, Chang, the Great Chinese Giant, combined with a pleasing and refined parlour entertainment .Printed by Walter Smith, Steam Printers, 61 and 62 High Street, London, W.C., 2pp.
Mr Harry Phillips' Living Mythological Mermaid Handbill, 1886
Living Mermaid at Royal Aquarium. "Half beautiful woman, half fish, submerged in a glass tank with live fish.” Illustrated. Printed by Burt and Son’s, 58 Portchester Road, Bayswater W.
National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection
Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting
New York World’s Fair Museum Presents ‘Believe it or Not’ Poster, c1930 - 1949
Weight 540 lbs. Subject as cartooned by Robt. L. Ripley. Colour illustration of fat lady standing in a short dress. Figure in white with black outline and green dress and green and black background.
New York World’s Fair Museum Presents ‘Believe it or Not’ Prince Ramachandi, Hindu Quarter Man Poster, c1930 - 1949
Subjects as cartooned by Robt. L. Ripley. P. T. Barnum’s Greatest Oddity. Colour illustration of man torso and waist on a round table wearing a red fez and smoking a cigar on yellow background.
Newspaper Cuttings and Scrapbooks, 1904 - 1973
Newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks related to Showmen's transport, trade related bye-laws and general Showmen's news from various newspapers and publications.
Noble to the End Article, Published 5 June 1977
An article by Iain Murray on Ron Taylor, one of the last fairground boxing booth impresarios in Britain. Published in The Observer magazine, London pages 23-26. Contains illustrations.