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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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Regent Theatre, Great Yarmouth. 8 February 1926

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

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Regent Theatre, Norwich. 27 October 1924

The bill includes Lewis Davenport presenting a series of bewildering novelties supported by Winifred Wynn [sic] and Co. direct from the London Coliseum and Alhambra.

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Royal Hippodrome, Belfast poster. 23 June 1924

The bill includes Lewis Davenport (The Mysterious) Supported by Miss Winifred Wynne.

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Royal Hippodrome, Belfast. 23 June 1924

The bill includes Lewis Davenport (The Mysterious) Supported by Miss Winifred Wynne.

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A Grand Festival of Magic, Scala Theatre, London. 24 – 29 September 1951

The bill for this Magic Circle show included Gus Davenport with his sister Wyn in a “Shady Act”. The act made use of George Sylvestre’s sunshade act, which the Davenport family had purchased, along with some other tricks.

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The Magic Circle Festival, Scala Theatre, London

The show ran from 20 to 25 October 1958.

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Schumann Theatre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 16 to 30 September 1936

This small poster showcases Cortini der Mann mit den $100000 Dollar.

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Poster for the 3rd Hamburger Zaubernächte. 2013

This poster was one of a number presented to attendees of the 5th European Magic History Conference in Hamburg, 28 – 31 August 2013.

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Palace, Carlisle. 20 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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Palace, Glossop. 20 January 1913

Top billing is given to the Davenport Duo and Wynne.

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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.

The Search Box will search all the detailed contents for each poster. Examples:

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.