Stunt performers
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Cazanul Mortii- Halal Kazan Handbill, c1930 - 1939
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.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
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.
Correspondence, c1930 - 1950
Business correspondence addressed to Billy Bellhouse related to his career as a wall of death rider.
Danny Carter's Business Card, c1920 - 1939
Danny Carter's business card.
Digger Pugh Helicopter Girls Handbill , c1940 - 1949
Black and white illustration of six women on ladders hanging from a flying helicopter.
Exhibition and Entertainments Handbills, c1790 - 1939
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances at a wide range of venues.
Fabulous Vas Vegas Magazine, 27 October 1956
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.
Fabulous Vas Vegas Magazine, 3 November 1956
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.
Films, c1930 - 1990
Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.
Fossett’s Circus Photographs, c1930 - 1940
Gerry Cottle's Circus Poster, c1980 - 2000
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.
Grand Parachute Descent Handbill, 13 June 1839
Mr Hampton, the distinguished Aeronaut at Cremorne House, Chelsea. Printed by G. Nurton, 48 New Church Street, Portman Market.
Hal Norman Rodeo Times Action Act Advertisement Mock-Up, c1948 - 1952
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.
Hamilton Kaye Collection
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.
Handbills, c1930 - 1939
Alma and Skid Skinner wall of death handbills.
Handbills, c1930 - 1939
Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse and other wall of death riders in shows around the United Kingdom and tours around Eastern Europe.
Handbills, c1937 - 1970
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.
Handbills, c1786 - 1968
Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.
HOBO! HOBO! Handbill, c1930 - 1939
Wall of death handbill featuring Billy Bellhouse and Tommy Campbell performing on the wall of death.
Ivor Rosaire with his Head in the Mouth of an Elephant, c1936 - 1950
Black and white postcard of Ivor Rosaire, shown with his head in an elephants mouth and the elephant is lifting him off the ground.