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Wrestling

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Posters, c1800 - 2011

 Series
Reference code: 178R47
Scope and Contents

A wide range of British and international circus and menagerie posters ranging from the 19th to the 21st century including Astley's Amphitheatre, Pablo Fanque, Polito, Bostock and Wombwell, Ducrow, Cooke, Hengler, Sanger, Smart, Gerry Cottle, Bertram Mills, Chipperfield's, Robert Brothers, Fossett, Blackpool Tower, Billy Russell, Belle Vue, Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Austen Brothers and many more.

Dates: c1800 - 2011

Programmes, 1950 - 1959

 Series
Reference code: 178K51
Scope and Contents

Boxing and Wrestling programmes containing boxers' information, professional rankings and photographs.

Dates: 1950 - 1959

Rowmarsh Leisure Centre Poster, 19 October c1970 - 1989

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.166
Scope and Contents

Wrestling. The Exorcist v Tom Warboy, Kung Fu v Steve Marino. Red and black with photographs.

Dates: 19 October c1970 - 1989

Super Circus '84 Poster, 1984

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.207
Scope and Contents

Peter Jay presents All New Super Circus '84, at Blackpool Tower. The Rodogels, The Coco-Tots. Colour illustrations of a clown and an elephant, black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, photographs of the Water Spectaculer, seven clowns and wrestler Big Daddy, main background red, type multicoloured. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd.

Dates: 1984

Super Circus '84 Poster, 1984

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.208
Scope and Contents

Peter Jay presents All New Super Circus '84, at Blackpool Tower. The Rodogels, The Coco-Tots. Colour illustrations of a clown and an elephant, black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, photographs of the Water Spectaculer, seven clowns and wrestler Big Daddy, main background red, type multicoloured.

Dates: 1984

Super Circus '85 Poster, 1985

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.209
Scope and Contents

Peter Jay presents All New Super Circus '85, at Blackpool Tower. Colour illustrations of three clowns, sea lions, acrobats and a fountain, black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, photograph of wrestler Big Daddy, main background pink, type multicoloured.

Dates: 1985

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999

The Ring Magazine, December 1957

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.14
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist journal containing black and white photographs and articles, including article on women’s wrestling.

Dates: December 1957

The Ring Magazine, December 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178G57.15
Scope and Contents

Boxing specialist journal containing black and white photographs and articles, including article on women’s wrestling. 68p.p.

Dates: December 1959

The Stuntman, and Shooting Wild Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.277
Scope and Contents

8mm, Photax. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Also features Women Wrestlers; Reta Martenez versus Maria Gernardi from Hollywood, U.S.A. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Variety and Music Hall Poster Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1950 - 1989

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.150-214, 178R11.250
Scope and Contents

Variety and Music Hall poster printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, including pantomimes and wrestling shows in theatre venues.

Dates: c1950 - 1989

Violet Bartram Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Dates: c1902 - 1953

Wrestling Posters, c1920 - 1979

 File
Reference code: 178R51.1
Scope and Contents

Pleasure Gardens Theatre Annexe, Bouverie Road West Folkestone, Robert Duranton versus Tony Mancelli, plus 3 supporting contests. Black and white photograph of a bare chested man on the left hand side and black type on pink paper, contains hand written annotation on reverse, also part of the same poster with hand written annotations on reverse. Printed by Brixton Printers Ltd., 313 Brixton Road S.W.9.

Dates: c1920 - 1979