The seven-foot beard and three-foot moustache, 1896. 'Mr. A. Broadhurst, The Surprise of the Chicago Exhibition, with a Beard over 7 Feet Long and a Moustache 3 ft. in length'. Other 'attractions' on display include: 'the Oriental Hebrew Operatic Sketch Co.; Wonderful Living Freak of Nature, the Armless Lady; The Kryers...Up-side-down Pedestal Dancers; Miss Mabel Blanche, Quick Change Character Dancer; Learto, Continental Musical & Vocal Comedian; Tattooing - Miss Flo Riley, a most beautiful and artistically Tattooed Lady...Grand Nautical Spectacle of Japan & China; Bros. Onda In their Marvellous performance on the Aerial Bars and Flying Trapeze; At enormous expense, Grand Collection of Waxwork Tableaux, the Finest in London'. Advertising bill for Wonderland, 100 Whitechapel Road. Opened in 1896, Wonderland was originally a music hall but also became a well-known boxing hall. It burned down in 1911 and was later rebuilt as a cinema, the Rivoli.
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The seven-foot beard and three-foot moustache, 1896. 'Mr. A. Broadhurst, The Surprise of the Chicago Exhibition, with a Beard over 7 Feet Long and a Moustache 3 ft. in length'. Other 'attractions' on display include: 'the Oriental Hebrew Operatic Sketch Co.; Wonderful Living Freak of Nature, the Armless Lady; The Kryers...Up-side-down Pedestal Dancers; Miss Mabel Blanche, Quick Change Character Dancer; Learto, Continental Musical & Vocal Comedian; Tattooing - Miss Flo Riley, a most beautiful and artistically Tattooed Lady...Grand Nautical Spectacle of Japan & China; Bros. Onda In their Marvellous performance on the Aerial Bars and Flying Trapeze; At enormous expense, Grand Collection of Waxwork Tableaux, the Finest in London'. Advertising bill for Wonderland, 100 Whitechapel Road. Opened in 1896, Wonderland was originally a music hall but also became a well-known boxing hall. It burned down in 1911 and was later rebuilt as a cinema, the Rivoli.

Date

1896

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Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

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HRM25A13_332

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Droits gérés

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31,2Mo (1,9Mo) / 13,5cm x 57,7cm / 1600 x 6819 (300dpi)

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