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Photographs, c1900 - 1968

 Series
Reference code: 178C79

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

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

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

Contact:
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