Newspaper cuttings from The Leader about the programme of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre opening night.
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Newspaper cuttings about the programme of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre and other A.E. Pickard's entertainment places.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press about the programme of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickard's entertainment places.
Newspaper cuttings about boxing, and the programme of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre and other A.E. Pickard's entertainment places.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre and other A.E. Pickard's entertainment places. Also a notice of A.E. Pickard's change of address.
Newspaper cuttings from The Leader about the programme and licence of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press - articles and adverts about the opening of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News, Daily Record and Mail, Evening Times, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News, Daily Record and Mail, Evening Times, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, Britannia Panopticon, Clydebank Theatre, the Casino, Partick Star Palace and the Coronation Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace during the Christmas season.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace during the Christmas season.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press and Evening Times about the Ibrox Picture Palace Christmas/new year programme including an article about an outing for Summertown school children to the venue with free entertainment courtesy of A.E Pickard.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, Britannia Panopticon, Clydebank Theatre, and Glasgow Casino; plus an article about A.E Pickard’s application for a music hall licence for the Ibrox Picture palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Glasgow News, Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, and Evening Citizen about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, Britannia Panopticon, Clydebank Theatre, and Glasgow Casino.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Evening Citizen, Glasgow News, The Press, and Daily Record and Mail about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, Britannia Panopticon, and Clydebank Theatre.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Citizen, Evening Times, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Evening Citizen, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, The Press, and Glasgow Observer about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News, Evening Citizen, Evening Times, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace; plus an article about a Waverly FC benefit.
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News, Evening Citizen, Evening Times, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Glasgow News and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace; plus a small article about A.E Pickard’s move to Govan in Glasgow.
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News, Evening Times, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Glasgow News, The Press, and Evening Citizen about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Evening Times, and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Glasgow News, and Evening Times, about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Glasgow News, and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace; plus an article about brokers, billiard room and picture house licences.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, and a fire in Glasgow’s Trongate.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Evening Times and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Evening Times, and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, and A.E. Pickard’s purchase of a monoplane.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Glasgow News, and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace and A.E. Pickard’s monoplane.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Glasgow News, and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, The Press, and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Evening Times, and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace. Also present articles about Glasgow shipyard workers and a slander case against A.E. Pickard.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, and the attendance of children in music halls.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press, Glasgow News, and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace. Also present articles about an exhibit in A.E. Pickard’s museum, his holiday plans, and the Britannia Panopticon.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from The Press and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, and The Press about the programme Ibrox Picture Palace.
Newspaper cutting from the Evening Citizen about the Hearts of Oak Society; plus freemasonry invitations.
Newspaper cuttings from the Sunday Chronicle, Evening Times, and Glasgow News about Freemasonry, and the programmes of the Ibrox Picture Palace, Britannia Panopticon, Clydebank Theatre, the Casino, and Pickard
Newspaper cuttings from the Glasgow News and Evening Times about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, the plans for the Seamore Picture House, and A.E. Pickard
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times and Glasgow News about the programme of the Ibrox Picture Palace, Britannia Panopticon, the Casino, Clydebank Theatre, and Pickard's museum.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times, Daily Record and Mail, Glasgow News, and The Press about programmes at the Ibrox Picture Palace, The Zoo Picture House, The Coronation Picture Palace, The Clydebank Theatre, and the Partick Star Palace.
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times and Glasgow News about A.E. Pickard
Newspaper cuttings from the Evening Times and Glasgow News about A.E. Pickard’s 40th birthday celebrations, his purchase of a monoplane, and the programme of Pickard’s music halls/cinemas and museum.
Newspaper cuttings about A.E. Pickard and his music halls and museum.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E Pickardﾒs music halls and museum.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an article about the theft of chocolate from an automatic machine.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an article about the sale of the Ibrox Picture Palace contents.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an advert for the sale/lease of the Clydebank Gaiety Theatre.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus Moss Empires Ltd.ﾒs 3rd annual amateur carnival.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an article about Ibrox Picture Palace manager W. Sowerby and his experience on HMS Majestic.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an article about a parking offence outside a picture house.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum, a short story about a war veteran and the Britannia Panopticon; plus an article about a fire at the Cambridge Circus Cinema.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an advert for an open competition at the Princes Theatre, Liverpool.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum, the death of showman George Green, and fundraising for the Red Cross.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum, applications to open theatres on Sunday evenings, and a giant lobster caught at Treshnish Isles.
Newspaper cuttings about A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music Halls; plus a sketch about cinema culture.
Newspaper cuttings about A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and his separation from wife Caroline Pauline Pickard.
Newspaper cuttings advertising A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls.
Newspaper cuttings about travelling medicine salesmen.
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls and museum; plus an article about a fire at the Paisley Hippodrome.
Newspaper cuttings about a fire at the Paisley Hippodrome and an article about a cinema operator being called up for military service.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls; plus an article about the Savoy Theatre.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls; plus an article about a tramcar theft.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls; plus an article about amusement tax.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls.
Newspaper cuttings about the first person in the UK to pay amusement tax; the person was a teenage boy given a ﾣ1 note gift from A.E. Pickard after he bought tickets to Pickardﾒs museum.
Newspaper cuttings about the first person in the UK to pay amusement tax; the person was a teenage boy given a ﾣ1 note gift from A.E. Pickard after he bought tickets to Pickardﾒs museum. Also articles advertising for music hall acts and about Guy E. Dunning ﾖ an employee of A.E. Pickard.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls; plus an article about the drowning of Mary Ann Richardson.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls. Also articles advertising for music hall acts and about T. M. Paul ﾖ an employee of A.E. Pickard.
Newspaper cuttings both advertising and about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls. Also articles advertising for music hall acts and a Britannia Panopticon programme.
Page from The Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly
Newspaper cuttings about the programme of A.E. Pickardﾒs music halls; plus a torn page from The Norwood cinemaﾒs financial records.
Back of previous image of scrapbook loose contents.
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.
Bull In a Cinema. Sauchiehall Street Thrills.
Short, amusing article from the Evening News describing the excitement and alarm generated when a bull escaped from a transport float and entered the La Scala Picture-house. The article details the bulls dramatic adventure from its escape to its recapture, culminating with the humoroussuggestion that it was anxious to be the first in to seeMademoiselle from Armentieres, a film presumably being shown at the time in La Scala.
Short newspaper clipping from the Glasgow News detailing a list of performances taking place at the Casino. Most notable is the mention of aspecialty act by performer Max Merlin entitledThe Human Crocodile. The performance is described as showcasing amazing acts of acrobatic prowess which were extremely well received by Casino patrons.
Newspaper cutting describing the weekly programme of the Casino cinema. Most notable is the mention of a performer named Mile Romany, alady handcuff manipulator whose act might nowadays be termedescape artist. The article describes the astonishment of audiences upon witnessing Romany escape fromall manner of manacles.
Short description of the weekly programme at Pickards Casino cinema, referencing a three-part film entitledThe Clue of the Broken Finger as thechief attraction of the picture houses entertainment that week.
Short article describing the weekly programme of Pickards Casino cinema. The main attraction is detailed as a film entitledThe Tragedy in the Life of General Villa, an epic said to containmany vivid battle scenes and whose production involved the use of500 horses and 200 cannon.
Catalogue of the Important Sale By Auction of All the Live Stock Forming The Scottish Zoo.
Two cover pages of auction catalogues (one blue, one orange) detailing the animals being sold at auction from The Scottish Zoo on New City Road, Glasgow. The catalogue cover states that the collection animals will be displayed during the auction, but also that they will continue performing up to day of sale.
Continuation of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. The diverse variety of animals on sale and the descriptions which accompany them are indicative of not only the ambitious nature of the zoo when it was in operation but also the practices it engaged in for entertainment purposes, some of which are problematic from a contemporary viewpoint. The Boomer Kangaroo on sale, for example, is described as having been trained to box, suggesting that the zoo did not conform to particularly high animal welfare standards.
Continuation of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. Particularly notable is the mention of a female Chimpanzee who carries the following lofty description: One of the best animals ever seen in this country. Very hardy and a source of endless amusement to visitors.
Continuation of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. Particularly notable is the mention of the Australian Gin Gin Bird, who, according to the catalogues author is one of the finest whistlers ever heard. This statement is substantiated by the claim that the Gin Gin Bird whistles perfectly, “Yankee Doodle,” “Ill Be Your Sweetheart,” and many others”.
Last page of the list of animals available for purchase at The Scottish Zoo auction. As with the other pages of the catalogue there is a significant amount of scrawled handwriting which seems to pertain to the certain animals the writer wishes to purchase. Particularly telling of the writers intent is the mathematical sum at the bottom-right of the first page which appears to total the amount of money needed for all purchases. Also present in this item are two photographs of caged animals (possibly lions); presumably pictures of the animals available for sale.
City Church Sold. Picture House To Be Built on Site.
Short article describing the sale, for £5150, of the Springbank U.F. Church on Maryhill Road, Glasgow, to an unnamed cinema theatre company who planned to build a cinema on the site. The journalist intimates that the Burnbank U.F. Church congregation insisted a condition of sale be the razing of the church building to the ground before any construction takes place, presumably to honour the sacred nature of the building.
The first page of the catalogue describes the conditions of sale for bidders purchasing animals in The Scottish Zoo auction. The conditions of sale are specific and require bidders to (among other things) agree to uplift the animals they buy by 5pm on the Thursday immediately after the sale. The second page of the catalogue provides a list of the animals being sold, including a wallaby kangaroo from Australia and a female Sambur deer from India. The latter is described as a very fine specimen, indicating the prestige the animal enjoys within The Scottish Zoo collection.
Dennistoun Picture Palladium Entry Ticket (Matinee).
Ticket admitting entry to the School Childrens Matinee performance at the Dennistoun Picture Palladium on Hillfoot Street, Glasgow. The ticket states that matinee performances would take place every Saturday at 3pm, with doors opening at 2.30pm.
Advertisment for the Ibrox Picture Palace
Advertisment for the Ibrox Picture Palace Performances
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.
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."
Short article detailing Councillor Bostocks decision to close The Scottish Zoo and Hippodrome on New City Road, Glasgow, in order to make way for a brand new skating rink. According to the author the sport was apparently all the rage at the time and, as such, he/she predicts that the new facility will be readily welcomed by skating enthusiasts living in Glasgows West End.
Firemen Injured in Alarming Glasgow Fire
Picture with a short description about the fire. Origin of fire: Gaumont Co
Glasgows Entertainments. Criticism at Moss Meeting.
Article detailing the criticisms levelled at Moss Empires, Ltd. during the annual shareholders meeting. Among the complaints was a perceived decline in quality of the companys entertainment venues, the success of which, according to the shareholders, was being steadily usurped by rival entertainment venues. The author of the article seems to support the views of the critics, as certain key phrases of the text, such asnot what it should be (in reference to the quality of Moss Empires Ltd. entertainment venues) have a larger font size and are emboldened.
Article taken from the Edinburgh Magazine concerning Glasgows opportunity to purchase the animals being sold by Mr. E. H. Bostock from his Scottish Zoo and form a zoological garden to showcase them. The article is very complimentary of Bostock, praising his generosity and his lineage; citing him as one in a distinguished line of entertainment caterers. Conversely, the article attacks the apparently substandard class of councillor at present in the city chambers and the reluctance of the Town Council to enrich Glasgows educational potential; the decision to reject the zoological garden being considered by the Parks Committee being offered as an illustrative example. The writer urges that this decision be reconsidered, stating that great is the shame attaching to our city council if the opportunity be passed over.
Short article describing the brief life of Dick the Gorilla who, after being removed from Africa and brought to the Regents Park zoo in London by the African explorer Dr. Ansorge, found the new climate uninhabitable and died from influenza. The article states that Dick was the sixth gorilla to have died after being brought to Regents Park.
Greens Round Toll Picturedrome Stalls Entry Ticket
Ticket stub admitting to the stalls area of Greens Round Toll Picturedrome on Possil Road, Glasgow. Most interesting here is the disclaimer found near the bottom of the ticket, which reads:As a means of excluding undesirable persons from the use of this Pass, One Penny will be charged each person on presenting this Ticket at the Pay Box. The exclusion of persons based on financial status indicates the somewhat elitist attitude possessed by those who operated cinemas during this period.
Advert for the 'Half Lady' appearing at Pickard's Museum.
Advert for Pickard’s Hogmanay attractions in 1908 claiming 23565 visitors to the Panopticon on New Year's Day.
Newspaper advertisement for Pickard's show featuring Serbian refugees during First World War
I Sometimes Forget The Combination Pickard Tells Glasgow Court.
Article from the Evening Times describing the evidence Mr. Pickard gave in court relating to the theft of one of his personal safes, containing around £7000 and a first edition of Robert Burns. At the time of the court case Pickard was 87 years old yet according to the article he was full of humour about the incident andreplied to some of the questions in his characteristically pawky vein. Rather surprising is Pickards admission that, due to strict personal principle, he never revealed the combination of his safes to anyone, including his own wife, and was prone to temporarily forgetting the combinations.
Review of Ibrox Picture Palace performances