Banjo Collection

Jeeves and Wooster
In Thank You Jeeves!, Jeeves gives notice when Bertie Wooster, his employer, insists on playing the banjolele

Silhouette of stylish couple dancing

George Formby
Entertainer George Formby (1904-1961) and his wife Beryl Formby, nee Ingham (1901-1960), also a variety artist. Date: 1940

Christmas card in the shape of a banjo. circa 1890s

Banjo with pink flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Wurlitzer Mandolin 1924
The Wurlitzer Banjo Mandolin outfit - only 35 dollars !

Old Black Man playing the Banjo

Christmas crackers box label
Label for a box of Batgers Carnival crackers featuring a couple in fancy dress, he dressed as Harlequin, playing a ukelele and a banjo

Musicians in the snow on a Christmas card, about to have something poured on them from a jug. circa 1890s

Wurlitzer Tenor Banjo
Tenor banjo outfit from the Wurlitzer range

African American, seated, playing banjo. Date c1892

Comic postcard, Plump woman and minstrel at the seaside Date: 20th century

Club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, 1920s
A scene in the bohemian environment of a club in the Latin Quarter of Montparnasse, Paris, during the 1920s. The Graphic comments, " Cocktails

Dr White Eyes Littlehampton Royal Court Minstrels
Dr White Eyes Littlehampton Royal Court Black Diamond Minstrels - Minstrel Troupe comprising Dr White Eyes himself in academic robes and holding a banjo (one eye white, one black), two jovial ladies

A young man playing the Banjolele, Paris, 1920s Date: 1920s

Music cover, My Sunday Girl, fox-trot song, written by Herman Ruby and Bud Cooper, composed by Sam H Stept Date: 1927

Victorian Scrap, Clown with Banjo, Our Old Friend Date: late 19th century

Music cover, Oh the Pity of It All, words by Leo Robin, music by Ralph Rainger, from the 20th Century Fox film My Gal Sal starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature Date: 1942

Pete Seeger, American folk musician and singer-songwriter
Peter "Pete" Seeger (b 1919), American folk musician and singer-songwriter. From the 1960s onwards he has performed protest music in support of international disarmament

GEORGE H CHIRGWIN/HALLS
GEORGE H CHIRGWIN Music hall entertainer, known as the White-Eyed Musical Moke or the White- Eyed Kaffir Date: 1854 - 1922

Leaves from life: two types of music from either end of the social spectrum, a new series of studies by Edmund Blampied. A charity concert and In the backwoods of Kennington - the lodger. Date: 1933

A band, most of whom are wearing disguise of heavy eyebrows and moustaches, presumably a gimmick during a performance, or just for the hell of it

Music cover, The Song is Ended, by Irving Berlin
Music cover, The Song is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On), waltz song by Irving Berlin, featured by Jack Hylton and His Band. 1927

Cartoon, Edward, Prince of Wales, playing the banjo - Tone! 1885

Boy with banjo
A Musical Feat. Black boy in a bi-corn hat playing big banjo. Humour. Artist: Anon. Date: circa 1905

Christmas frieze, Carol Singing with Banjo

Illustration, Still the glass says very wet. first published 1838

Entertainment in the village of Lin-Cong, China. One villager plays the banjo whilst the others crowd round to watch, whilst smoking and drinking. 1859

Woman posing with banjo. 1893

Clown with banjo on a Victorian scrap
Clown with a banjo on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card in the shape of a banjo. Date: circa 1890s

ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, dressed as American darkies, perform in the streets of London with banjo, violin, tambourine and castanets. Date: circa 1860

Harry Yould and his Blackpool Banjoliers Banjo Orchestra. His wife is shown here playing the piano! Date: circa 1950s

Three frogs playing music on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Clown with banjo on a Victorian scrap
Victorian Scrap - Clown with Banjo -- Our Old Friend. late 19th century

Musical owl with banjo serenading on a romantic card
Musical owl with banjo serenading a dove on a comic romantic card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl with guitar on a heart-shaped Valentine card
Girl with guitar (or banjo) on a heart-shaped Valentine card. circa 1900s

Frog playing a mandolin on a French postcard
Frog dressed in female clothing playing a mandolin or banjo on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Paranormal: William S. Marriott fake seance with flying banjo
A banjo floats mysteriously in the air at one of William S. Marriotts fake seances, thanks to a hook in the curtain, manipulated by the medium. Date: 1910

Minstrel with a banjo
I m crezy bout you baby. Black minstrel strumming his banjo.Date: circa 1910

An extended African-American family round the fire Date: circa 1890s

Betty Balfour at Antibes, French Riviera
The famous English film actress, Betty Balfour, pictured standing on a table playing a banjo at Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1928

Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi and Alexander Henderson
Cartoon, Monsieur Jacobi, theatre director (in the background) -- I had engaged to give those people a taste of The Beggar Student, and now there is Alexander Henderson on the same job

Music cover, Dearie Mine, by Meredith and Thorburn
Music cover, Dearie Mine, vocal waltz, with words by Joe Meredith and music by Billy Thorburn, featured and broadcast by The Savoy Havana Band and recorded by The Savoy Orpheans at the Savoy Hotel

Man playing the banjo with a cigarette in his mouth. circa 1940s

Christmas card in the shape of a banjo. Date: circa 1890s

Five musical owls on a cutout New Year card, three playing banjos, one on tambourine and one with bones. Date: circa 1890s

Banjo on a Victorian New Year scrap, with verse on either side and two young women performing on the banjo and the violin (open). Date: circa 1890s

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