Stromboli Presents Professor Strom’s Menagerie of Freaks and Oddities, 4p.p.

Twelve enourmeous canvas pavilions, Four hundred blue ribbon horse fair, Menaries of wild and trained beasts, The famous collection of wonderful freaks, Clowns, The Mahdi: or, For The Victoria Cross. Black type on off white background with black and white illustration of equestrian parade on top section, from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.

Photocopy of Travelling communities, showmen and gypsy wagons, language, autobiographies/biographies of showmen; general history, individual fairs, fairground equipment and art, fairground transport, bioscopes and other shows, freak shows, menageries, fairground organs, general photographic history by Vanessa Toulmin.

‘Believe it or Not’ he swallows his nose, homeliest man on earth. Colour illustration of man’s face with his bottom lip covering his nose. Face in white with navy shading on red and navy background and white and red type.

‘Believe it or Not’, the children’s delight, Pop Eye the sailor. Colour illustration of bust and waist of man dress as Popeye in the centre in white and navy over a red and black background with a navy footer and red and white type.

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Newspaper cutting from the Daily Mail concerning the portrayal of Tom Norman in the film The Elephant Man (1980).

This collection contains rare posters, handbills, photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings, catalogues and books on travelling exhibitions, speciality acts, magic, circus, performing animals and freak shows.

Early British circus and variety programmes including Astley's, Batty's and Lord George Sanger's circus.

Newspaper cutting from Eastern Daily Press, pasted onto the reverse of an envelope addressed to Hal Denver, entitled ‘Norfolk woman upset by film,’ which reports that Mrs Valerie Howkins has been upset by the film ‘The Elephant Man’ for its portrayal of her grandfather, Tom Norman.

Handbills for travelling shows, exhibitions and performances at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London.

This collection of printed material produced by the Enquirer Job Printing Company contains American sideshow and freak show posters mainly from the Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not’ franchise and a poster sampler that was taken around by salesmen from the company.

The armless knife thrower. ‘Believe it or Not’. Colour illustration of armless man throwing knifes at a lady stood against a white board with his right foot, orange and brown background.

Handbills for travelling shows, fairs, exhibitions and performances in London.

Handbill advertising a sideshow. Red type on white background with a black and white illustration of a woman with a very long neck and wings.

Girl with a radio mind, she sees all, knows all. ‘Believe it or Not’. Colour illustration of bust of woman on profile holding a glass ball blindfolded on light blue and black background with black and white type.

A mighty congress of strange people oddities, freaks and wonders from all parts of the glove featuring oddities as cartooned by Ripley and as exhibited at the World’s Fair. White, red and green type on white and red backgrounds with green border.

Limited edition 54 of 2500. Colour illustration of a man in a village with straw houses and palm trees lifting an anvil with his tongue.

This collection contains scrapbooks, programmes, photographs of performers at the Kursaal, Bertram Mills Circus and sideshows as well as some business records related to the Stumcke family and their work at the Kursaal and Bertram Mills Circus.