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Stunt performers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, c1900 - 1994

 Series
Reference code: 178C144
Scope and Contents

Photographs relating to the life and career of knife thrower, Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), together with photographs of family members, notably his father, Tom Norman, as well as family occasions and weddings, presumably collected by him and dated approximately from 1990 to his death in 1994.

Dates: c1900 - 1994
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection

Photographs, c1930 - 1959

 Series
Reference code: 178C69
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Alma and Skid Skinner.

Dates: c1930 - 1959
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Alma Skinner Collection

Photographs and Negatives, 1929 - 1960

 Series
Reference code: 178C59
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and negatives related to Billy Bellhouse career as a wall of death and dirt track rider.

Dates: 1929 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection

Photographs Related to Alma Skinner and Skid Skinner, c1930 - 1959

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C69.1-633
Scope and Contents

Black and white and sepia photographs relating to Alma Skinner (Johnson) and Skid Skinner and their Wall of Death activities. Copies from the original albums belonging to Alma Skinner.

Dates: c1930 - 1959
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Alma Skinner Collection / Photographs

Poole's New Mastodon Diorama Programme, 26 November 1883

 Item
Reference code: 178K53.20
Scope and Contents Athenaeum Hall, West Hartlepool, Illustrating a grand tour all over the world, visiting Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia and New Zealand showing the manners, customs, sports and pastimes, Grand myriorama of modern events, including the war in Egypt, the bombardment of Alexandria, grand charges at Kassassin and Tel-El-Kebir, The Strand and Temple Bar, Saint Thomas's Hospital and Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge, The thames, Liverpool from the Mersey, Voyage to America, New...
Dates: 26 November 1883
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection / Programmes

Posters, c1930 - 1939

 Series
Reference code: 178R18
Scope and Contents

Alma and Skid Skinner wall of death posters.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Alma Skinner Collection

Posters, c1887 - 2010

 Series
Reference code: 178R27
Scope and Contents

Circus, variety, pantomime and magic posters including Argyle theatre, Liverpool Empire, Blackpool Tower Circus, Robert Brothers, Austen Brothers, Sorcar, Vesta Tilley, Ken Dodd, Dan Leno, Florrie Forde and others.

Dates: c1887 - 2010
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection

Programmes, 1938 - 2000

 Series
Reference code: 178K28
Scope and Contents

A range of programmes for performances involving magic, as well as other variety performances.

Dates: 1938 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Hamilton Kaye Collection

Programmes, 1932 - 1960

 Series
Reference code: 178K36
Scope and Contents

Show and event programmes featuring performances by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver) and his wife, Olga Norman, who performed a knife throwing act together, often known as The Sensational Denvers.

Dates: 1932 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection

Programmes, c1933

 Series
Reference code: 178K6
Scope and Contents

Wall of death programmes featuring Billy Bellhouse performing in Budapest.

Dates: c1933
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection

Programmes , 1881 - 2016

 Series
Reference code: 178K53
Scope and Contents

Pre-Film and variety and music hall programmes mainly related to the travelling shows of Joseph Poole and Harry Poole, Harry H. Hamilton, Mapleston Brothers and Adams but it also includes other showmen.

Dates: 1881 - 2016
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection

Receipts and Takings Books, 1929 - 1939

 File
Reference code: 178H5.1
Scope and Contents

Receipts and takings books for Billy Bellhouse. Includes receipts for stays in Gibraltar, application for work with Sheffield Corporation Tramways and contract for riding a Wall of Death in Budapest. Manuscript and typescript.

Dates: 1929 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Business Records

Rosaire’s Circus Photographs, c1936 - 1950

 File — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.86-134
Scope and Contents Black and white photographs of Rosaire’s Circus and members of the Rosaire family, collected by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Includes photographs of the circus grounds, and circus performers in costume, often with the animals they trained, on stage and also backstage at leisure and rehearsing whilst traveling with Rosaire’s Circus. Individuals featured: Fred Rosaire (also known as 'Count Rosaire' or 'The Count'), Florence Rosaire (also known as 'Countess Rosaire' or 'The Countess'), Aubrey Rosaire,...
Dates: c1936 - 1950
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Photographs

Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0177
Scope and Contents This collection comprises correspondence, photographs and newspaper cuttings, relating to Rosaire’s Circus, compiled by the writer and poet, Ruth Manning-Sanders. Accompanied by correspondence with, and photographs of, Freddie Pickford, an elephant trainer, during his time working for Fossett’s Circus, as well as various printed items and further photographs, thought to be accumulated in the course of her career as an author, who wrote extensively on the circus, including a book titled, ‘The...
Dates: c1920 - 1959
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.3
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Handbills

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.5
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. One of the items contains handwritten note. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Handbills

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.6
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Handbills

Sciana Smierci Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.7
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbills featuring Billy Bellhouse's performance at Poznan, Poland. Contain illustrations and text. 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Handbills

See! The Crazy Liverpool Girl Handbill, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178T5.2
Scope and Contents

Wall of death handbill featuring the Crazy Liverpool Girl, Fred Farrow and Cyclone Billy Bellhouse at Tower Gardens, New Brighton.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Billy Bellhouse Collection / Handbills

Set of Throwing Knives, c1930 - 1994

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 12: Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.99
Scope and Contents

Nineteen heavy knives with metal blade and turned wooden handle.

Dates: c1930 - 1994
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Various Material

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