Search | Wellcome Collection

Formats

Ephemera (101)

Dates

Fromto

Locations

Closed stores (101)
Online (100)

Subjects

Types/Techniques

Contributors

Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936 (2)
Barr, Mary A (1)
Burns, B (1)

Languages

English (101)

Submit

Active filters:

Freak shows ephemera. Box 3.Reset filters

101 results

Sort by:
Sort order:

Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising an exhibition of the mummified corpse of Julia Pastrana at the Burlington Gallery, 191 Piccadilly, London (1862?)].
Date: 1862
Ephemera
Online
[Small leaflet advertising appearances by General and Lady Mite, "open to spar all comers"].
Date: 1889
Ephemera
Online
[Folded leaflet (purple paper - copies on turquoise paper exist) advertising appearances of 'The Pygopagi Twins', Josepha and Rosalie Blazek, conjoined twins, in some sort of performance at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, in late 1880. The "Bohemian" twins were under the patronage of the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and other distinguished personages. The twins both died at the age of 45. ].
Date: 1880
Ephemera
Online
[Small leaflet advertising appearances by Roberts's Greatest Phenomenon of the Age (late of the Crystal Palace), a "young lady born without arms", at The Horn of Plenty, Whitecross Street [London?]].
Date: [between 1860 and 1880?]
Ephemera
Online
[Newspaper cutting about an appearance by a giant in London on 12 May 1716: "A chronicle of curious events"].
Date: 1889
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by Herr Unthan, "the armless wonder" at theSouth London Palace, 15 April (1889?). Printed on pink paper].
Date: [1889?]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising the exhibition of The Petrified Man from Tucapel, Chile, in the Trance Room of the Royal Aquarium, London].
Date: [between 1880 and 1899?]
Ephemera
Online
[Newspaper cutting (4 July 1882) advertising the Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Imperial Theatre, Westminster, London].
Date: [1882]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet (27 December 1872?) advertising an appearance of "the gigantic mother and daughter" of Queen's County, Ireland. Ann O'Neill is the daughter (also known as Ann O'Neal in other publications) at Whiteley's Unrivalled Exhibition of Living Wonders (15 Tichborne Street, Haymarket, London). "Gigantic" appears to mean very fat. Also appearing is Mr. Jackson, the "smallest man in the world"].
Date: [between 1870 and 1873?]
Ephemera
Online
[Newspaper cutting advertising an entertainment organised by Albert Smith of views of a journey to Mont Blanc (painted by William Beverley) at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London].
Date: 1856
Ephemera
Online
[Newspaper cutting (The Globe, 26 August 1887) about the "Death of the Austrian giant" "Winkelmeyer" (Franz Winkelmeier) in Vienna from tuberculosis].
Date: 1887
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by The Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (1884?). Printed on pink paper].
Date: [1894]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet (1880s?) advertising appearances of "The male child without head, face or arms" at King John's Court, Shoreditch].
Date: [Between 1880 and 1889?]
Ephemera
Online
Waino and Plutaino : wild men of Borneo.
Date: [approximately 1898]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising bearded lady, Mlle. Melaque from Constantinople, appearing at the Champ de Foire (Paris)].
Date: 1882
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by Senorita Anita (The Tiger Lady) and her brother, Robinson (The Bear Boy) at the Royal Aquarium, London (20 February 1886?)].
Date: 1886
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet with a poem about General Mite and Millie Edwards : 'Midgets at home', advertising the Royal American Midgets: General Mite, his father, E.F. Flynn and Miss Millie Edwards at the Piccadilly Hall, London (December 1882)].
Date: [1882]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by the 8' 2" Lewis Wilkins at the Canterbury Theatre of Varieties in London on Monday 21 January 1901].
Date: 1901
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
Date: 1887
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet (1863?) advertising a variety bill at the Criterion Hall of Amusement, Leicester Square, London with 7 foot tall Polish Giantess, Countess Lodoiska headline act].
Date: [1863?]
Ephemera
Online
[Small handbill advertising Millie Christine, the Two-Headed Nightingale, and Harvey's Midges (smallest people in the world), appearing at the Piccadilly Hall, London].
Date: 1885
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by Frank Uffner's American Midgets: Lucia Zarate and General Mite at the Piccadilly Hall, London, 22 November 1880. Printed on white paper].
Date: 1880
Ephemera
Online
[1934 cigarette card (no.25 in a series of 50 : Believe it or not) featuring Tom Thumb, who had kissed 1,500,00 women in 3 years. From Carreras high class cigarettes (Arcadia Works, London)].
Date: [1934]
Ephemera
Online
[Leaflet advertising appearances by Herr Winkelmeier and M. Brunin (French comedian) at the London Pavilion in March 1887].
Date: 1887
Ephemera
Online
[Handbill on orange paper advertising appearances by Senorita Anita (The Tiger Lady) and her brother, Robinson (The Bear Boy) at the Royal Aquarium, London (27 October 1886?)].
Date: 1886