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Posters & Showcards

The majority of posters in the collection are theatre posters. These are either letterpress posters for variety theatres, or pictorial posters for a single magician or show.

A small number of other posters advertise books, exhibitions or events such as conferences.

To search for a specific date use the format 10 October 1924.

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Grand Theatre, Sheffield. 15 October 1906

The Davenports were Lewis Davenport and his first wife Julia. Julia did magic in the act, rather than acting solely as an assistant.

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Birmingham Grand. 6 February 1928

The bill includes the Bewilderist Lewis Davenport supported by Winifred Wynne & Co.

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Hackney Empire, London. 22 December 1924

The bill includes Lewis Davenport the mysterious presenting a series of bewildering novelties assisted by Winifred Wynne & Co.

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Einzigartiges Variete, Hansa-Theater, Hamburg. October 1997

The bill includes Roy Davenport.

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Li-Chung-Soo poster, Hecksher Theatre, New York. 23 June 1939

Li-Chung-Soo was the stage name of the British magician Edmund Younger.

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Hippodrome, Warrington. 6 July 1925

Lewis Davenport tops the bill. His billing is Lewis Davenport the bewilderist presenting a series of bewildering novelties, supported by Winifred Wynne.

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Ernest Noakes, Crystal Palace, London poster

Ernest Noakes was at the Crystal Palace for an extended period from spring 1907, so the probable date of this poster is 1907 or 1908.

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A Grand All-Star Magical Entertainment, Empire Hall, Cheltenham. 25 June 1932

This was a show from the British Ring No. 25 of The International Brotherhood of Magicians. Although Lewis Davenport is shown topping the bill, he did not appear as he had a week’s engagement in Northampton. George Davenport appeared in the show. He is billed as Gilly Gilly in magic of 1932.

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Birmingham Empire. 31 January 1927

The bill includes Lewis Davenport “The Bewilderist” presenting a series of bewildering novelties supported by Winifred Wynne & Co.

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Egyptian Hall poster for Mr. Frank Lincoln assisted by Paganini Redivivus. 1882

Lincoln was an American Humourist and Entertainer. He opened at the Egyptian Hall on 1 November 1882 while Maskelyne and Cooke were touring. The poster is dated in ink Nov 16th 1882.

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The search engine is not case sensitive.

When searching for an act such as Fred and Ned, it is worth searching both Fred and Ned and Fred & Ned.

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Type in the name of a performer, theatre or town and the items which include that search term will be listed. So, searching for the word Davenport will bring up Lewis Davenport, The Davenports, George Davenport, etc.
Where known, poster dates are included in the form 10 October 1924, so use this format when searching for a date. Searching for October 10th will not find the date. If you type October 1924 into the Search Box, all items which include the adjacent words October 1924 will be listed.