Stunt performers
Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Jack Bulldog Drummond's Business Card, c1920 - 1939
Business card for Jack Bulldog Drummond Globe of Death Rider from Edinburgh.
John Bramwell Taylor Collection
K.O. Capers, Honest Horace, and Hotel Hysteria Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 350 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Snub Pollard in 'K.O. Capers'. The Fire Rides, Royal Marines motor cycle display team. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Maplesone Brothers' Great Panorama of America and Canada Programme, c1883
Marshall and Scott Family Collection
Marshall and Scott Family Photographs, c1880 - 1970
Miscellaneous Circus Photographs, c1930 - 1955
Black and white photographs of various circus shows and performers, together with photographic reproductions of illustrations and drawings of circus performers, as well as advertisements for travelling circuses, thought to be compiled by Ruth Manning Sanders, whilst writing her book on the origins and history of the circus titled, 'The English Circus'.
Monographs, Articles and Manuscripts, c1910 - 1990
Monographs, articles, manuscripts and notes, relating to the lives and work of the Norman family, notably showman, Tom Norman (known as The Silver King), and his son, Ralph Norman, who was a knife thrower (known as Hal Denver). Most the writings in this collection were written by Ralph Norman.
Motor Cycle Club Membership, 1926 - 1927
Millhouses Motor Cycle Club membership.
Newspaper Cutting from Gazeta Warszawska, 1932
Illustrated review, Poland, 2p.p.
Newspaper Cuttings, c1925 -2002
Cuttings and articles from British and international news publications, including local, specialist, and national newspapers and magazines, relating to the personal lives and careers of the Norman family, notably knife thrower, Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver).
Newspaper Cuttings, 1932 - 2016
Various newspaper reports and articles in Hungarian and Polish about Billy Bellhouse's performances on the wall of death, some have been translated. Also an article about the closure of the chip shop business.
Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.
Norman Family Collection
Norman Family Photographs, c1900 - 1994
Notes on ‘The Giraffe Neck Woman’ Kayan Lahwi Woman, c1900 - 1960
Brown envelope, opened out, with typed notes for a stage routine and hand-written additions to script. Diagram on reverse: Giraffe 3’, Totem pole 2’6”, 1/2 also Venus, Headless 3’, Decapitation 3’, pincushion [sic] 2’6” app, spider 2’6” approx, typescript and manuscript, 2pp.
Photographs, c1880 - 1970
Photographs of the Marshall, Scott, Kayes Baker and Testo families, as well as various other circus personalities and performers between 1880s and 1970s. Accompanied by a photograph album, a negative album and photographs, concerning Walter Marshall's service with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Photographs, c1930 - 1955
Includes photographs of photographs of circus performers, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.