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Pickard's Papers Project, catalogued by Sandra Kempele
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Pair of Zoo admission tickets, fee - 50 pfennigs.
Pair of travel cards for tram No. 23, Hamburg, Germany, departing from Veddel, Hamburg. The ticket also contains itinerary with a blue mark before Altona Street. It also contains timetable, serial number and fare - 10 pfennigs.
Pair of tram tickets from Hamburg to Altona, fare - 10 pfennigs.
Pair of adult admission tickets for Tierpark Hagenbeck, a zoo in Stellingen, a quarter in Hamburg, Germany. Admission fee - 1 mark.
Pair of admission tickets to Carl C.E.Clausen's Etablissement in Hamburg, Germany
Pair of admission tickets to Peters & Muus Theatre of Moving Images at Spielbudenplatz 27-28, Hamburg (now the location of Schmidts Tivoli Theatre), entrance fee - 10 phennigs.
Travel card for tram No. 9, Hamburg, Germany. It contains itinerary, timetable, serial number, fare - 10 pfennigs, and notes about changes to public transport services. In the bottom-right there is an advertisement for Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark - a zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
Travel card for tram No. 5, Hamburg, Germany. It contains itinerary, timetable, serial number, fare - 10 pfennigs, and notes about changes to public transport services. In the bottom-right there is an advertisement for Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark - a zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
Pair of admission tickets to Cabaret Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Entrance fee - 2 marks.
Pair of standing tickets to Metropol Theater.
Advertisement for Passage-Kaufhaus, a department store on Friedrich Street, Berlin.
Admission ticket to Berlin Wintergarten Theatre, entrance fee - 1,50 Marks.
Receipt for Hammonia Hotel in Hamburg, St.Pauli, Germany, fee - 10 Marks.
Receipt for Hammonia Hotel in Hamburg, St.Pauli, Germany, fee - 10 marks.
Pair of admission tickets to Passage-Panopticum, a theatre and wax museum in Berlin. Valid only for weekday afternoons, entrance fee - 50 pfennigs.
Pair of admission tickets to American entertainment park White City in Berlin.
Pair of admission tickets to Castan's Panopticum, a wax museum and theatre, on Friedrich Street, Berlin. Fee - 20 pfennigs.
Poster advertising Panoptikum A.G. in Hamburg and its attractions - spectacular illusions, maze, kaleidoscope, fright chamber, anatomy museum. One entrance fee for all the attractions - 50 pfennnigs.
Three Berlin tram ticket to Leipziger Platz.
Pair of admission tickets to White City Variete theatre, in Berlin, Germany.
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.
BP14.01 Inside back cover Scrapbook page
Newspaper cutting with sketch about an old Glasgow tavern – the Peargrove Tavern.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 89
BP14.01 Inside front cover Scrapbook page
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 88
Handwritten letter and envelope addressed to A.E. Pickard.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 8
Newspaper cutting with sketch about small tenements on Pollockshaws Road – the remainder of the village of Strathbungo.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 18
Newspaper cuttings about: the experience of an actress, a one man municipal government in America, and a waxwork of an infant Spanish Prince.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 19
Newspaper cutting about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably an article about a shortage of wild men in New York, plus a poem
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Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably an article about an oriental magic performance in London.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 21
Newspaper cutting and sketch about changes to the Eglington area of Glasgow.
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Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news and business.
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Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably the controversy of living statues and a missing flea from a troupe of performing fleas.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 25
Newspaper cutting with sketch about a painting of Glasgow Green.
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Newspaper cutting with sketch about the Townhead district library, Glasgow.
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Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 9
Newspaper cuttings about: a Rothesay town council meeting, the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, the Palace Theatre and Hippodrome in Warrington, a book about money making, the financial value of advertising, and a sundial in Trongate Glasgow.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 10
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news; notably the hatching of conjoined ducklings and a palmistry fraud case.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 28
Newspaper cuttings about general entertainment news; notably an Italian boy whose pupils are surrounded by the 12 hours of the clock.
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Handwritten letter and White Star Line ticket.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 31
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall, entertainment, and current news; notably an advert for A.E. Pickard exhibit Tom Thumb.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 32
Newspaper cuttings about Glasgow landmarks.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 33
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news and business, plus an article about the sale of the old Baileys Session House contents, plus the death of a conjoined twin.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 34
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 35
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business, plus a collection of wanted adverts.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 36
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably the controversy of a living statue exhibition and a native choir from Jamaica.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 37
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news; notably an attempt to swim the English Channel.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 38
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news and business; notably the death of Mr George Adney Payne.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 11
Newspaper cuttings about: attempts to swim the English Channel, the death of Captain Matthew Webb in the whirlpool rapids at the bottom of Niagara Falls, palmistry in Glasgow, and a new automatic stamp delivery machine.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 39
Newspaper cuttings about: improvements to the Theatre Royal, a dog born without front legs, and the death of detective Robert Pinkerton.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 40
Newspaper cuttings about educationists, the log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born, and a fire in a Falkirk cinema.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 41
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably an attempt to swim the English Channel.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 42
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news; plus a short story
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 43
Newspaper cuttings about general entertainment news; notably
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 44
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably the death of Mr Herbert Montague - manager of the Gaiety Theatre, Clydebank.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 45
Newspaper cuttings about music hall news and business, plus an article with sketch about the laying of the foundation stone ceremony for the new Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 46
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 47
Newspaper cuttings about the master and matron of the London workhouse
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 48
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 49
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news and business; notably the death of Mr George Adney Payne, and an accident in a Paris music hall.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 12
Newspaper cuttings about the concept of the
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Newspaper cuttings about: the concept of the
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 51
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Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 53
Newspaper cuttings about: a sea serpent, the ship Mauretania, a cockerel born with 3 legs and 3 tails, a sword swallowing performers accident, and old architecture in Glasgow.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 54
Newspaper sketch and reference to Yachtsman Sir Thomas Lipton.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 55
Newspaper cuttings about: Yachtsman Sir Thomas Lipton, rowdy music hall audience behaviour, the production of plays on passenger ships, and the decline of rats in Paris.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 56
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably entertainment on passenger ships and the spotting of a giant sea serpent.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 57
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 58
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably Alexander Livesy who walked over 1000 miles between Ayr and London pushing a wheel barrow.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 59
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news, plus an article about illegal expenditure by the Glasgow Corporation Municipal Buildings Committee.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 60
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 61
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably a dispute between Moss Empires Ltd and music hall performer Marie Lloyd.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 13
Newspaper cutting with sketch about the Garrick Hotel - a building on Stockwell Street Glasgow.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 62
Newspaper cuttings about general entertainment news and business; notably Ituri Forrest Pygmies.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 63
Newspaper cuttings with sketches about the Provand Lordships old Glasgow Exhibition.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 64
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably a poster of
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Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably the legal status of peep shows, and wedding ceremonies in Gretna Green.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 67
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 68
Newspaper cuttings about the financing of theatres.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 69
Handwritten letter, envelope, postcard, and small flyer with date and excerpt from the bible.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 70
Handwritten letter and envelope, plus small flyer with date and excerpt from the bible. Also postcard with advert for one of A.E. Pickard
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 71
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 72
Handwritten letter and newspaper cutting about the changing music hall and interview with performer Mr Shine.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 73
Newspaper cutting about the death of Mr George Adney Payne and the controversy of living statue exhibitions.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 14
Newspaper cutting about a small person Hayati Hassid (30in tall) plus 2 horse photos – one Linus the long maned Oregon wonder horse.
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Newspaper cuttings about a perfectly proportioned woman and sea serpents; plus a photograph of a stage.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 76
Handwritten note plus newspaper cuttings about general music hall news and business; notably Californian sea elephants.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 77
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 78
Newspaper cuttings about general entertainment news; notably the Dahomey Warriors troupe.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 79
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably a wrestling match between Ivan Padoubny and Cygavewiez Zbysco.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 80
Newspaper cutting about small person Madam Mite (24in tall), advert for the Peoples Palace and Aquarium in Scarborough, a ticket for a tribute concert, and a poem about drunkenness.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 81
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 82
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business plus an article about the annual meeting of the trustees and managers of the Savings Bank of Glasgow.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 83
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall news and business; notably the death of Mr George Adney Payne and a kitten born with 5 heads in Cheshire.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 15
Handwritten note and newspaper cutting about a wrestling match between Ivan Padoubny and Cygavewiez Zbysco.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 84
Newspaper cuttings about music hall business, plus an article with photograph about a school for showmen
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 85
Newspaper cutting about opening night at the theatre.
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Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 87
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; plus an article about a chemist in Detroit whose blood and skin is turning blue due to inhalation of fumes during experiments with aniline dyes.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 16
Newspaper cuttings about general music hall and entertainment news and business; notably a 16 year old girl who has been in a coma for a year.
Pickard's Papers: Theatre, Freaks and Automats Vol 1 No 17
BP15 Inside front cover (BP15.1) Scrapbook page
Various newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between May and June, 1912. Also included are tickets admitting entry to St. James' Hall Picture Palace and Hengler's.
Newspaper cuttings from The Citizen, The Glasgow News and The Observer about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between June and July, 1912. Also included is an article chronicling the successes of Pickard's various enterprises.
Newspaper cuttings from The Glasgow News, The Observer and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between July and August, 1912.
Newspaper cuttings from The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between August and September, 1912. Also included are tickets admitting entry to various picture houses, including the Star Palace in Partick and the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock.
Various newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Citizen and The Glasgow News about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between September and October, 1912. Also included is an article detailing Pickard's purchase of a monoplane at auction, as well as articles relating to the 1 year anniversary of The Casino.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Citizen and The Glasgow News about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between October and December, 1912.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between December 1912 and January 1913. Also included is a ticket admitting entry to the Dennistoun Picture Palladium, as well as a short story entitled 'The Millionaire's Gratitude' published in the Evening Times.
Cuttings from various different newspapers about the programme of A.E. Pickard, across several of his performance venues. Also included are two tickets admitting entry to performances at Langham Picture Halls, as well as a Privilege Ticket admitting half price entry to Pringle's Bijou Palace in Cowcaddens.
Cuttings from various different newspapers about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between February and March, 1913. Also included is a ticket admitting entry to an attraction at the Springburn Electric Theatre, as well as a ticket to the school children's matinee at the Dennistoun Picture Palladium.
Cuttings from various different newspapers about the programme of A.E Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between March and May, 1913. Also included is an article from The Glasgow News detailing Pickard being honoured by the city carters for allowing them to use the Panopticon for meetings during their strike and providing them with entertainment on such occasions.
Cuttings from various different newspapers about the programme of A.E Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between May and July, 1913.
Newspaper cuttings from The Glasgow News, The Citizen and the Evening Times about the programme of A.E Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between July and September, 1913. Also included is a complimentary ticket granting admission to the family circle area of Princess's Theatre as well as a ticket to the school children's matinee at the Partick Star Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Citizen, The Glasgow News and the Evening Times about the programme of A.E Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between September and November, 1913.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema dating from between November 1913 and January 1914.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between January and March, 1914.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Citizen and The Glasgow News about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included is a short article from The Times describing an amusing incident involving the mistaken case of Pickard's date of birth.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Citizen and The Glasgow News about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included are tickets admitting entry to the Empress Picture and Variety Playhouse and Green's Round Toll Picturedrome.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included is a Complimentary ticket admitting conditional entry to the Palace Theatre of Varieties located on the Main Street of the Gorbals.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included is a photograph of Pickard wearing a kilt and a short Glasgow News Article explaining how he is the special guest set to kick-off a football match at Ibrox Park designed to generate money for the Relief Fund.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included is a Complimentary Ticket admitting conditional half-price entry to the Savoy Variety and Picture house.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E Pickard's Casino Cinema dating from between December 1914 and February 1915.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included is a Privilege Ticket admitting entry to the balcony area for a screening at the St. James Hall Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Glasgow News and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between April and June, 1915.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard, dating from between June and August, 1915. Included are articles detailing the programme of his Casino Cinema as well as an article from the Evening Times celebrating the programmes of all four of Pickard's music halls: The Casino, The Panopticon, The Seamore and The Gaiety.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times and The Citizen about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema dating from between August and November, 1915.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema dating from between November 1915 and January, 1916. Included are several articles celebrating the November release of a film entitled 'The Jockey of Death', said to contain "splendid circus scenes" and a "thrilling story."
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema, dating from between January and March, 1916.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard's Casino Cinema. Also included is a cartoon from The Bioscope depicting the introduction of the Amusement Tax in 1916, as well as an article which discusses a controversial ruling by the Sheriff Court at Dumbarton relating to the Rent Restriction Acts.
Newspaper cuttings about the sale of a church in Glasgow, a Lottery Acts case, and a photograph of the Three Arts Ball in Covent Garden.
Newspaper cuttings about A.E. Pickard, his businesses, exhibits, and publicity stunts. Also present is an article about an escaped bull in Glasgow entering a city cinema before being recaptured.
Two newspaper articles in The Evening News about the opening of a new cinema called The White Elephant located at Shawlands Cross.
Newspaper cutting about the break in and theft of a safe from A.E. Pickard
Newspaper cutting about the Chief of City Fire Brigade (Glasgow) William Waddell.
Newspaper cutting about the town council.
Newspaper cutting about Moss Empires Ltd.
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