Pair of admission tickets to White City Variete theatre, in Berlin, Germany.
Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery Fund
Pickard's Papers Project, catalogued by Sandra Kempele
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Coupon for admission to M.Schumann Circus Gallery, Germany.
Pair of Hannover tram tickets, fare - 10 pfennigs.
Admission ticket to Nick Kaufmann & Co., Roller Skating in Berlin. Entrance fee - 50 pfennigs.
Bill from Rudolf Dressel restaurant in Berlin, Germany.
Bill from the restaurant on train Altona - Berlin
Pair of seat reservations for express train No.22 Berlin - Cologne with seat and carriage numbers.
Three coupons for admission to M.Schumann Circus Gallery, Germany.
Receipt for Hotel Bauer in Berlin, Germany, issued to Mr Pickard and Mr Robbin. Fee - 19, 50 marks.
Pair of seat reservations for express train No.98 Kiel - Cologne with seat and carriage numbers.
Pair of admission tickets to Palais D'Ete (Summer Palace), France. Entrance fee - 1 franc.
Ticket with a stamp and blue mark on it.
Receipt for Hotel Royal in Hannover, Germany, issued to Mr Pickard. Fee - 13, 50 marks.
Contract victualling coupon for Geo. Gibson & Co.'s Continental Steamer, issued for Mr.Robbins.
Poster advertising Castan's Panoptikum in Cologne, which hosts more than 1000 objects and attractions.
Poster advertising a show featuring a tattooed lady whose body is covered with portraits of the Queen of Holland, the King of Italy, Queen Victoria, Goethe, Beethoven, etc.
Newspaper cutting featuring an article titled My Trip to Germany, British in Disguise. The article draws upon similarities and differences between British people and the Germans, as observed during a three-week long trip to Germany.
Bringing the scrapbooks to the Photographic Unit
Panopticon staff Becca and Meredith visit the Photographic Unit in Glasgow University Library
Flyer for the reopening of the Panopticon. Original has section cut off.
Advert for Pickard’s Hogmanay attractions in 1908 claiming 23565 visitors to the Panopticon on New Year's Day.
Advert for the 'Half Lady' appearing at Pickard's Museum.
Newspaper advertisement for Pickard's show featuring Serbian refugees during First World War
Cartoon from the Bioscope about Glaswegian schoolboy Hugh Brown, who was reputed to be the first person in the UK to pay the new entertainments tax by buying a ticket to Pickard's American Museum at 9.40am on 19 May 1916.
Advert for the Britannia Panopticon promising "living, singing and talking pictures"
Cartoon from an investment prospect for the Olympia skating rink in London. Depicts all members of a family skating while an older woman watches, and a rhyme: "Everybody skates but mother, She sits around all day, Looking very cross as father, Who skates his time away; Brother he does likewise, So does sister Ann, Everybody skates but mother, Even our old man."
Location of A. E. Pickard's venues in Glasgow
Background map: Ordnance Survey via Edina Digimap, Crown copyright.
Election flyer for council candidate Moir, in the form of a tram ticket
Cartoon showing two baboons in a cage, reading the newspaper and talking about demanding better work conditions.
The Galician Oil Lands & Royalties Trust Ltd Cash price sheet/Hatton, Morris and Co paperwork
BP16 Hatton and Moris Credit Voucher Back
Letter from The National Telephone Company Limited
Letter from The Scottish Catholic Printing Co
Note from Thomas Lawrie and Co, Decorators
Letter from A & A Crawford, Wholesale Whisky and Wine Merchants
Telegram from George Miller Limited, Fire Engineers
Letter from Brough & MacLaren Solicitors
Letter from Robert Boyle and Son, Ventilating Engineers
Note from Clyde Valley Electrical Power Company
Letter from The Scottish Pantomime Annual
Letter from Patent Automatic Tip -up Seats
Letter from Clydebank Junior Football Club
Letter from A.R. Pole & Co, International Insurance Brokers & General Insurance Agents
Letter from The National Bank of Scotland Ltd
Letter from the Pheonix Assurance Company Limited
Letter from Carswell and Clark Accountants and Factors
Letter from Robert Robertson Insurance Broker
Letter from The Scottish Automobile Club
Letter from Greenlees Brothers, Highland Whisky Distillers
Letter from Richard Hornsby & Sons Limited, Engineers
Letter from The Cinematograph Film Critics Co
Handwritten notes on back of letter from The Cinematograph Film Critics Co
Letter from The Scottish Aviation Company
Letter from A. R. Pole & Co, International Insurance Brokers and & General Insurance Agents
Letter from Neilson & Reid House Factors, Valuators, & Insurance Agents
Letter from the Caledonian Railway Company
Letter from the Yoker Athletic Football Club
Letter from William Grant & Sons Ltd, Distillers, Blenders & Exporters
Letter from James Calder and Co Limited, Distillers
Back of letter from James Calder and Co Limited, Distillers
Letter from a committee member for the special building fund of the Liberal Club
Letter from David Allen & Sons Ltd, Pictorial Placard Printers
Letter from the Office of Public Works, Glasgow City Chambers
Letter from the Society of St Vincent De Paul
Letter from A.R. Stenhouse, Hope & Blyth Insurance Brokers
Letter from The Uniform Clothing and Equipment Co
Letter from The Incorporated Association of Kinematograph Manufacturers Ltd and The Renters Association
Letter from George Pickard, Importer of Novelties
Letter from R. & J Hill Ltd, Tobacco Cutters, Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers
Letter from John H Stewart, House Factor and Insurance Agent
Letter to John H Stewart, House Factor and Insurance Agent
Letter from George Mason, Licensed Valuator and Business Agent
Stocktake results from George Mason, Licensed Valuator and Business Agent
Postcard/receipt from The Daily Telegraph
Letter from Patent Automatic Tip-up Seats