Stunt performers
Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:
See! The Crazy Liverpool Girl Handbill, c1930 - 1939
Wall of death handbill featuring the Crazy Liverpool Girl, Fred Farrow and Cyclone Billy Bellhouse at Tower Gardens, New Brighton.
Set of Throwing Knives, c1930 - 1994
Nineteen heavy knives with metal blade and turned wooden handle.
Ski Jump Bronco and Motorcycle Wire Act Films, 1967
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. Colour, silent. Amateur film. Supplied by C. W. Cramp. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.
Skid Skinner and Dare Devil Alma Poster, 28 - 31 May c1930
Skid Skinner and Dare Devil Alma. Fair Ground, Bolton-on-Dearne Fri-Sat May 28th, 29th and 31st. Wall of Death and on the Flying trapeze. Red and blue type.
Speedway Club Membership, 1927
South Yorkshire Sports Stadium Speedway Club membership
Steve Streets Fall Guys Poster, c1970 - 1979
Taunton Victoria Park. Poster for stunt exhibition and show containing colour illustrations of acts. Double sided.
The Sensational Denvers: Aiming to Thrill Press Releases, c1947 - 1956
Pages issued by Press Relations Department, Music Corporation of America, New York, with a list of engagements and six different press releases about Hall Denvers’ knife throwing act, which he performed with his partner Olga Denver, typescript, 8pp.
The Thrillseekers Poster, c1980 - 1989
Dare devils on the slant wire dicing with death on motorbikes. Contains colour illustration. Left blank for overprinting location and date. Printed by the Wellbrook Press, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny.
Track Riders Membership, 1929
Northern Association of Track Riders membership.
Trade and Advertising Material, c1948 - 1966
Advertising material directly and indirectly related to the performance work of Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), and his wife, Olga Norman, who had a knife throwing act together, often known as The Sensational Denvers.
Trick Horse Riding Act On Stage, c1930 - 1955
Black and white photograph of five horses, with three male and four female equestrian performers shown trick riding on stage, at an unidentified circus. Stamped on the reverse as the copyright of Captain A. E. Middleton.
Unicycle Grand Prix Photographic Negatives, 1998
Colour photographic negatives, of children and young people from Albert & Friends Instant Circus taking part in a unicycle race, a hockey match on unicycles, and other challenges and games on unicycles, as part of the Unicycle Grand Prix. Photographic negatives found in a wallet labelled as follows: 'U/c Grand Prix'.
Unicycle Grand Prix Photographs, 1994
Colour photographs of children and young people from Albert & Friends Instant Circus taking part in the Unicycle Grand Prix.
Unidentified Female Equestrian Sitting Bareback on a Horse, c1935 - 1938
Black and white photograph of a unidentified female equestrian shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse in a field at Fossett's Circus.
Unidentified Female Equestrian Sitting Bareback on a Horse, c1935 - 1938
Black and white photograph of a unidentified female equestrian shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse in a field at Fossett's Circus.
Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films and circus films including Sawdust Ring, The Kids Last Fight, Togare and his Tigers, Days of Thrills and Laughter, Charlie the Busker, Bertram Mills Chimps, Leon I The Human Cannon Ball, Bertram Mills Clowns, Kill or Cure, and Jumbo’s Test Match. Includes Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Geo Rowe and John Gindl from Bertram Mills Circus Olympia, London.
Various Items, 1914 - 1935
Various items related to Billy Bellhouse's private and professional life including tickets, membership cards and touring memorabilia.
Various Newspaper Cuttings About Billy Bellhouse, 1932, 2016
Newspaper reports from Budapest with translations, one Newspaper from Poznan, Poland, one letter, original and one photocopy, also a cutting from The Star about family chip shop closing down.
Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950
Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).
Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950
Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume doing a trick on the back of a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).