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Stunt performers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:

Cazanul Mortii- Halal Kazan Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.10
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbill featuring Billy Bellhouse and Danny Carter. Small handbill with black and white photographs of Billy Bellhouse and Danny Carter's act on the wall of death.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.213
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial movies and other scenes. Includes; Fancy Dress, nudes, young ladies and cowboys, Ben Turpin Stuntman, Wild Horses. 'The Iron Mule' starring Al St John. Billy Beavan as 'Honest Horace'. Johnny Arthur in 'Johnnie’s Wooing'. Our Gang extract from 'One Wild Ride'. Supplied by Perry’s Movies Ltd.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Correspondence, c1930 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178F8
Scope and Contents

Business correspondence addressed to Billy Bellhouse related to his career as a wall of death rider.

Dates: c1930 - 1950

Danny Carter's Business Card, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178Z15.9
Scope and Contents

Danny Carter's business card.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Digger Pugh Helicopter Girls Handbill , c1940 - 1949

 Item
Reference code: 178T50.1
Scope and Contents

Black and white illustration of six women on ladders hanging from a flying helicopter.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills, 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

Fabulous Vas Vegas Magazine, 27 October 1956

 File — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178I13.4
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Fabulous Las Vagas Magazine, which includes an advertisement for an event that featured The Sensational Denvers at Hotel Sahara, Vas Vegas, Nevada (Page 3) and a short article describing the their knife throwing act (Page 26). Purple cover with white text, illustrated with a black and white photograph of a woman in a bikini, with black text inside, and black and white illustrations and photographs, 44pp.

Dates: 27 October 1956

Fabulous Vas Vegas Magazine, 3 November 1956

 File — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178I13.5
Scope and Contents

Two copies of Fabulous Las Vagas Magazine, which includes an advertisement for an event that featured The Sensational Denvers at Hotel Sahara, Vas Vegas, Nevada (Page 3) and a short article describing the their knife throwing act (Page 26). Purple cover with white text, illustrated with a black and white photograph of a woman in a bikini, with black text inside, and black and white illustrations and photographs, 44pp.

Dates: 3 November 1956

Films, c1930 - 1990

 Series
Reference code: 178D5
Scope and Contents

Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.

Dates: c1930 - 1990

Fossett’s Circus Photographs, c1930 - 1940

 File — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.54-85
Scope and Contents Black and white photographs of circus workers, performers and animals, as well as campsite and living vans at Fossett's Circus, collected by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Notably includes photographs of the animal trainer, Freddie Pickford with his elephant, Lizzie, as well as Jack Fossett, Margaret Fossett, Claude Yelding, and Robert Fossett Junior. Ruth Manning-Sanders features in a number of the photographs as does her daughter, Joan Manning-Sanders. Several of the photographs have annotations on...
Dates: c1930 - 1940

Gerry Cottle's Circus Poster, c1980 - 2000

 Item — Richley Collection Plan Chest Drawer 1: Series 178R43
Reference code: 178R43.9
Scope and Contents

Oversize printed poster advertising Gerry Cottle's Circus at Wembley, London. Acts include Jeremy Beadle, Hoppe's World Famous Mules, The Alegria Brothers, Jane and her Giant Pythons and Crocodiles and The Kenya Brothers. Yellow background, with green, red, yellow, black and white text, and photographs and illustrations of performers, 1p.

Dates: c1980 - 2000

Grand Parachute Descent Handbill, 13 June 1839

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 3: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.298
Scope and Contents

Mr Hampton, the distinguished Aeronaut at Cremorne House, Chelsea. Printed by G. Nurton, 48 New Church Street, Portman Market.

Dates: 13 June 1839

Hal Norman Rodeo Times Action Act Advertisement Mock-Up, c1948 - 1952

 File — Box Norman Family Box 1: Series 178B19; Series 178I13
Reference code: 178I13.7
Scope and Contents

This item is thought to be a mock-up for a leaflet or handbill advertising, Ralph Norman's wild west act. Includes a photograph of Ralph Norman, images of cowboys, an American flag and the words: 'Hal [Norman]. Rodeo Times Action Act', 1p.

Dates: c1948 - 1952

Hamilton Kaye Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0075
Scope and Contents

Programmes, handbills, photographs and a digital copy of Hamilton Kaye's notebook which contained jokes and stories that he kept for using in his act.

Dates: c1940 - 2000

Handbills, c1930 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178T5
Scope and Contents

Alma and Skid Skinner wall of death handbills.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Handbills, c1930 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178T5
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse and other wall of death riders in shows around the United Kingdom and tours around Eastern Europe.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Handbills, c1937 - 1970

 Series
Reference code: 178T29
Scope and Contents

Handbills and other advertisements for performances of Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver) and his wife, Olga Norman, who had a knife throwing act together, often known as The Sensational Denvers, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, notably in North America.

Dates: c1937 - 1970

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

HOBO! HOBO! Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.12
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbill featuring Billy Bellhouse and Tommy Campbell performing on the wall of death.

Dates: c1930 - 1939

Ivor Rosaire with his Head in the Mouth of an Elephant, c1936 - 1950

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.97
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Ivor Rosaire, shown with his head in an elephants mouth and the elephant is lifting him off the ground.

Dates: c1936 - 1950