Showwoman
Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:
Circus Family Trees and Brief History Research Material, c1900 - 1999
Booklets containing family trees and biographical information by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas), in English and French. Manuscript.
Circus Friends Association Collection
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
Contact Prints of Fairground Photographs, 1977 - 1978
Sheets of black and white contact prints showing behind the scenes images of fairground people and equipment, some are images of the prints in this collection and some are additional, some have images cut out.
Copies of Photographs and Negatives of the Anderton Rowland Family and Business, 1894 - 1962
Black and white copies of photographs and negatives relating to the families and their business on the fairground including images of rides and transport, and photocopy of reference album.
Correspondence, 1917 - 1919
Various items of correspondence related to the Dobson family and World War One.
Correspondence, 1917 - 1918
Postcards and correpondence mainly between Mrs Dobson and Mr J. Dobson, some are World War One related.
Correspondence, c1900 - 2008
Items of personal correspondence and correspondence related to the Sanger and Ohmy families.
Correspondence, c1935 - 1950
Correspondence sent to Renee Marshall (nee Scott), primarily from her husband, Walter Marshall whilst he was serving with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Correspondence from Walter Marshall to Renee Marshall, c1935 - 1950
Correspondence Related to the Ohmy Circus Family, 1905 - 1929
Postcard correspondence related to the Ohmy Circus family, including a postcard from Lillie Reeve to Mr Claude Smith while he was a prisoner of war in Germany.
Cyril Critchlow Collection
David Braithwaite Collection
This collection contains photographs taken by David Braithwaite from the 1950s and used towards his publications alongside older images collected from other sources as well as business records, monographs, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, bibliographies, catalogues, programmes, films and some other miscellaneous items.
David Robinson Collection
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.
Decar and Tomato Collection
This collection contains black and white photographs and postcards of several generations of the Decar family with a strong focus on John Decar and his act as Decar and Tomato. It also includes other circus performers as well as autograph books and a scrapbook.
Dewsbury Feast Poster, 22 - 26 July c1975
Showmen’s Guild, Yorkshire Section. Red and blue type on yellow background.
Dick Price Collection
Dick Scott-Stewart Collection
Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.
Digital Media, 1816 - 1938
Digital copies of documents, census records and photographs related to the Monte Williams family.
Digital Records
Material related to fairground children's education and showmen census research, also contains work done for the government about showmen and the Showmen Guild of Great Britain.
Documents About Legislation and Planning Related to Travelling Fairs and People, 1960 - 2007
Contains a copy of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960, the response from the government to the ninth report of the committee: travelling fairs, the traveller law reform bill, press notices, correspondence, memorandums and planning documents.