Entertainments Collection (page 2)

Moulin Rouge, Paris
Promotional postcard for the Moulin Rouge, Paris. The original house, which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia

Wyndhams Theatre, London
Promotional postcard for Wyndhams Theatre, London. Wyndhams is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre)

His Majestys Theatre, London
Promotional postcard for His Majestys Theatre, London. The present building was designed by Charles J. Phipps and was constructed in 1897 for actor-manager Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Carl Haganbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus
promotional postcard for Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia. 26th December 1913. Under the Direction of Charles B. Cochrane

Quex VAD patients in fancy dress outside the front door of Quex House. There was a collection of dressing up clothes at Quex House and they were used occasionally by the patients to put on plays

Patients boxing
Quex Park VAD Hospital patients. Entertainments and diversions were a regular part of the life of the hospital. The Quex Park VAD Hospital opened on 15 October 1914 and closed on 31 January 1919

Flanders Nights Entertainments, by Bairnsfather
Flanders Nights Entertainments Captain Bairnsfather, who is at present somewhere in France, sends us the above amusing take-off of his colleague Mr Norman Morrow, our theatrical artist

Entertainments at Southport, Merseyside including Hiram Maxims " Captive Flying Machine" amusement ride (which opened in 1904), helter skelter lighthouse

TUNISIA. Carthage. House of Horses. Opus tessellatum with equestrian scene. Roman art. Mosaic

Annie Fay Poster
Poster for one of Fays first stage appearances in England - note that they were described as entertainments - no deep spiritual involvement, evidently ! Date: 1874

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838. Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, combined with the evening entertainments

Coming! Aitken & Watson Mesmeric Co. will commence a series of entertainments in mesmerism! to be held in GAR. Hall, Attleboro, Mass. on Tuesday & Wednesday evenings, April 28 & 29, 1885. Date 1885

La tete decapitee every afternoon & eve g. : all other entertainments as usual. Date 1874. La tete decapitee every afternoon & eve g. : all other entertainments as usual. Date 1874

Court of Fountains - Coney Island
Court of Fountains, Luna Park - Coney Island, New York Date: circa 1910s

Public celebrations at the royal wedding
Public entertainments in Cairo to celebrate the royal wedding of King Faruk to Farida. Military bands played in public parks and native quarters

Electric Shock Machine, on Derby Day, 1860
Engraving, originally entitled Two Shocks a Penny, showing an electric shock machine which was part of the entertainments at Epsom Racecourse, on Derby Day 1860

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