Photographs, c1900 - 1968
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs, postcards and negatives of the Testo family, performers, side shows, animals, fairgrounds and circuses including Angela Rabbets ‘Jungle Girl’ female snake act, Sonya Alan ‘Lady of Lions’, men and women in WWI and WWII uniforms, Golga Testo snake act with Bertram Mills Circus, Pauline Testo, Alf Testo, Nora and Billy Kayes, Jack Lemm and his Troupe at Testo’s show, members of the Chipperfield family, members of the Dobson family, members of the Pinder family including Eddie Pinder Wild West act and Rosetia Pinder, Betty Jackson, other sideshow acts including midgets, giants, strong women such as Herculine, sharp shooters such as Bonita Dash, Flo Felix, the Headless Woman show, Peter Gotz ‘Lightweight Wrestler Champion of the World’, The Dyers, mice circuses, flea circuses, Rood Fair at Dumfries, Barnstaple Fair, Kings Lynn, Hull Fair, fairground show fronts, freak show performers including ‘The Queen of the Ocean’, Madam Howard ‘The Lion Face Lady’, Alice Bounds ‘The Bear Lady’, Days Menagerie, Tommy Day ‘Captain Bartlett’, Captain Pizarro lion tamer and others. Some duplicates.
Dates
- Creation: c1900 - 1968
Creator
- Testo, Felix, c1799 - 1879 (Person)
- Testo, Felix, junior, c1838 - 1910 (Person)
- Testo, William, 1840 - 1899 (Person)
- Testo Family, Established c1700 (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
2 Box(es) (671 photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
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Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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