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This collection contains a large number of posters as well as business records including records of artist bookings, accounts, scrapbooks, contracts and correspondence.

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Argyle Theatre of Varieties, Birkenhead. Mr Frank Caffrey Irish Comedian and Dancer, Marie Olive Ballad and Descriptive Vocalist, The Four Valladolis Acrobatic Tableaux Vivants, Miss Lizzie Chase Vocalist and Dancer, Fred Hastings Comic and Descriptive Vocalist, Gaertner and Richards Sleigh Bell Act, Miss Margery Glen Serio Comic and Descriptive Vocalist, Mr Walter Kino Comic Actor Vocalist. Printed by S. Griffith and Co, typeers, Liverpool. Red and blue type.

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Programmes, posters and photographs mainly related to the Poole family's travelling Myriorama show.

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Dreams of Assyria at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 'Tableaux imbued with the associations of Asiatic splendour. Situations portrayed and narratives recited while vocal and musical accompaniments assist the effect of the pictorial realisations'. Illustrated. Printed by J.B. Lambe and Co., 199 Upper Thames Street, E.C., 4pp.

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Tableaux Vivants at Leicester Square. During the evening, songs will be sung by the celebrated M Sebastian and M and Mad Montanari. Printed by Grant, 14 Orange Street and 4 Red Lion Square, Holborn, 4pp.

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Borini’s Bands of 100 Performers, Tableaux Vivants, The Balloon Ascent by the Celebrated Hampton, and Great Exhibition of Pyrotechniques, at Cremorne House, Chelsea. Only a shilling, balloon included. Printed by John K. Chapman and Company, 5 Shoe Lane and Peterborough Ct., Fleet Street.

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Poses Plastiques, Judge and Jury Society at Coal Hole Tavern. “By the most exquisite female models”.” Coal-Hole is the oldest and best Chop and Steak house in London". Printed by Martin and Snell, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street.

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St. Jame's Great Hall, Oxford Street, Manchester. Black type and colour centre containing the names of Tussaud's staff and officials on the front cover, inside programme listing Mr Percival Craig, Sydney Gandy and Miss Inglefield, Professor Bracken, Living Pictures or Tableaux Vivant and The Grand Panorama, on back cover Chamber of Horrors, 2p.p.

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Living Serpent novelty at Minerva Hall, Haymarket. 'Madame Duval and her talented troupe of male and female artistes.' Accompanied by, 'a magnificent highly trained Living Serpent. The Anaconda just arrived from the Continent.' Used in a series of tableaux, 'Eve tempting Adam, the Indian Girl'.

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Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting

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Strand. Black type on green background on front cover announcing Shamus O'Brien in three tableaux founded on the celebrated poem by Jos. Sheridan Le Fanu, inside commercial advertising and programme listing C. Villiers Standord's new romantic comic opera Shamus O'brien, also contains programme for Olympia listing Chevalier Blondin and Animated pictures by Mr Paul's Theatrograph, 2p.p.

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Large collection of Argyle Theatre posters.

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Lucie Duval at Music Hall, Newcastle. Series of Tableaux presented by various performers.

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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.

Scope and Contents Columbia, Manchester Picadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Queenstown, S.S. Teotonic, New York, The lengend of Rip-Van-Winke, Tableaux vivant, Louisiana, New Orleans, Imperial Great Britain, Quebec, Hong Kong, Australia, The S.S. Arundel Castle, South Africa, Gibraltar, Holland, The Queenboro' Flushing route, London, Portsmouth, Windsor Castle, Harry H. Hamilton's variety organization, Flying Dillons, gymnastic act, The 4 Valladolis, acrobatic act, Japa and Japo, equilibrist act, Martinnette...

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Poses Plastiques and Tableaux Vivans, The Judge and Jury Society at Cider Cellars. "The sittings of the Judge & Jury society - During which the 'great social evil' which is now agitating and exciting the attention of society is ably discussed and determined by public opinion". Printed by J.W. Peel’s Steam Machine, 74 New Cut, Lambeth.

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Elsa May, Will Crackles, Miss Rose Dearing, J.C. Harrington, La Belle Rose, The Tiller Troupe, Clara Wieland, R.H. Douglass, Cissie Loftus, O'Brien and Redding, Miss Lottie Collins, John Le Hay, Tableaux Vivants. Three fold programme with red, gold and blue type and colour illustration of a women dancing, lifting the sides of her skirt in the centre, on the sides colour illstrations of a building exterior and interior, inside programme and commercial advertising.

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Three fold programme with black illustration of a woman dancing, illustration of interior and exterior views of the building and a female performer on the outside, on the inside programme listing Harry Drew, Mabel Allen, Katie Vesey, Professor Dunca and his troupe of Collie dogs, May Belfort, The Follies, Maude Courtney, G.H. Chirgwin, Tableaux Vivants, The Madcaps, Datas, Quatuor Basque and The American Biograph. Contains commercial advertisements.