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Myanmar - Burmese Puppet Show Date: circa 1910s
Caricature of John Hollingshead, theatre managerCaricature of John Hollingshead (1827-1904), at this time manager of the Gaiety Theatre, seen here reviving an actor (probably Edward Terry) and an actress (Sarah Bernhardt) in the form of puppets
Eugene BrieuxEUGENE BRIEUX (1858 - 1932), French playwright Date: 1909
Puppet show seen from outside the boxAu Bon Marche - puppet show seen from outside the box, with an audience of children. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Shakes Versus Shav by George Bernard ShawPromotional postcard for Shakes v Shaw, a ten-minute puppet play by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Lyttleton Hall, Malvern, 9th August 1949 and Riverside Theatre, Festival Gardens
Mother Christmas on a Christmas card -- With trumpets and with drums, Lo! Mother Christmas comes. Date: circa 1890s
Childrens entertainer at a party" Uncle" Piet Tovenaar (born Frederick Bliss) in action with his ventriloquists dummy at a childrens party in London in 1965. Date: 1965
Wayang puppet theatre of Bali, IndonesiaWayang puppet theatre and gamelan musicians of Bali, Indonesia. Date: circa 1920s
Page design, my teachers, School SilhouettesPage design for my teachers in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA
Switzerland - Berne. The Clock TowerColoured lantern slide of a view of the Clock Tower at Berne. One of the most famous sight is the Zytglogge (Bernese German for Time Bell ), an elaborate medieval clock tower with moving puppets
Guy-ser Fawkes - the Kaiser caricatured, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II as a substitute for Guy Fawkes on the Fifth of November 1914. The Guy-sers were made by the toy department of the Womens Emergency Corps and were sold by a celebrated authoress
Crown prince puppet toy, WW1A British girl pictured with a puppet which depicts Crown Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of the Kaiser (known by the nickname of Little Willie in Britain) as a rather foolish clown. Date: 1915
Toy TheatreClassic pantomime characters such as Clown, Pantaloon and Harlequin jostle with a dog musician, a dog cart, Mr & Mrs Dashaway and Mr Doublesight to form a production of Harlequin Jack Sheppard. c
Geppetto and PinocchioGeppetto finds that the wooden puppet, Pinocchio, is already displaying signs of bad behaviour despite not being finished. Date: 1936
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Pinocchio -- with other puppets on stagePinocchio -- The demonstration of warm brotherly affection that Pinocchio received. Date: 1911
Victorian PuppetsThree Victorian puppets on a miniature stage, with all the props (aspidistra, piano, piano stool etc) necessary for a period melodrama. Date: 19th century
HAND PUPPETSPainted hand puppets interacting! Date: early 1930s
Punch and Judy ManA excited crowd of children on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, following the Punch and Judy man, carrying his tent on his back, about to start the show. Date: early 1930s
Punch & Judy TentAn enthralled group of children and one young mother enjoy a Punch and Judy show on Bridlington beach, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s
Japan - A Girls Festival Date: circa 1910s
Puppets come to life. Ukiyo-e print illustration showing puppets fighting backstage after the people have gone; opposite page contains text. Date 1841
Grotesque puppeteerA rather grotesque and gigantic puppeteer performs a lewd puppet show for an equally lewd looking audience of considerably smaller people. Date: 1919
Garoet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and GamelanGaroet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and musicians forming a Gamelan orchestra Date: 1927
Three Boys playing with Soldier Marionnettes - World War Two era. Date: circa 1940
Javanese PuppetA leather dancer puppet, traditionally used in shadow dances, Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s
Pinocchio &other PuppetsPinocchio with other puppets Date: First published: 1880
La Place ClichyAdvertising Poster for La Place Clichy, Paris - showing the toys and games for children on sale. The Place de Clichy, also known as Place Clichy, is situated in the northwestern quadrant of Paris
Camacha woman with musical instrument, Funchal, MadeiraA woman from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. She is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho
Boa Nova man with musical instrument, Funchal, MadeiraA man from a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. He is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho, a stick decorated with wooden dolls
The Bystander front cover 1934Colourful front cover of The Bystander depicting a puppet guardsman in a bearskin presenting a pretty lady puppet in typical flounced dress and hat of 1934 with a Christmas present
Boy performing with small puppetsUndated coloured illustration of a boy performing with small puppets watched by a gentleman with two ladies, entitled " Les petites Marionettes". HPG/8/2/1 (xxx)"
Kultur: The Drilling Machine for Military Beginners by HeathThree raw recruits are put through their paces on the training ground with the help of a machine which reduces them to mere puppets
Punch & Judy / BlackpoolA crowd gather around the Punch and Judy show on Blackpool beach, with Blackpool Tower behind
Street Puppeteer & DogA street musician with dancing dog and two small marionette puppets attached between a peg and his knee
Punch & Judy 1950SRows of holidaymakers, mostly seated in deckchairs, watch the Punch and Judy show on the beach at Paignton, Devon, England
Punch and Judy 1905Children crowd round a Punch and Judy show in a London park
UPS-AND-DOWNS / FAIR / 1804Early Amusement wheels (hand- turned) at a St Petersburg Fair, Russia
Hand-Painting a PuppetA Budding Actress puppet receiving her beauty treatment
Brisbanes Punch ShowErnest Brisbane and his Punch & Judy Show
Ovaltiney PuppetsThe Ovaltiney Puppet Show at The Sunshine Theatre, at Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate, Kent
Punch Fights Old NickPunch fights Old Nick
Punch and Old NickPunch visited by Old Nick
Punch and KetchPunch teaches Jack Ketch how to hang a man
Punch in PrisonPunch in prison
Punch Pities BlindPunch pities the poor blind
Punch and his MusicPunch and his music