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Vaudeville

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  • [Illustrated ticket to an entertainment of Henry Smith, vocalist, and the Aztec Lilliputians from Iximaya in central America and the Earthmen or Erdmanniges from under the earth in South Africa. Dated May 1855].
  • [Handbill (20 December 1886) for a variety show at the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties (Westminster Bridge Road, London, England) featuring the 8 foot tall Belgian giant Alfredo Devartos as well as Testo (strong man) and Onri].
  • [Single sheet programme (March 1887) for a variety programme featuring Herr Winkelmeier at the London Pavilion].
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by Herr Winkelmeier at the London Pavilion in January 1887,  appearing with a wide variety of "versatile and comic artistes"].
  • [Handbill advertising Wieland's Living Wonders at the Royal Aquarium in London].
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera
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    [Undated handbill (after 1876) for a 3 night variety show featuring Capt. Austin (mimic and ventriloquist) and Amy Dot, the Fairy Queen].

    | Date: date of publication not identified
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Handbill advertising Wieland's Living Wonders at the Royal Aquarium in London].

    | Date: 1898
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    Handbill advertising Wieland's Living Wonders at the Royal Aquarium in London.

    | Date: date of publication not identified
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Single sheet programme (March 1887) for a variety programme featuring Herr Winkelmeier at the London Pavilion].

    | Date: 1887
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Handbill (20 December 1886) for a variety show at the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties (Westminster Bridge Road, London, England) featuring the 8 foot tall Belgian giant Alfredo Devartos as well as Testo (strong man) and Onri].

    | Date: 1886
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