Variety & Vaudeville articles
Photocopies of these illustrated articles from magazines around 1900 may be purchased on my ‘Shopping Cart’ page. The page ‘Craggs – magazine article’ shows a typical article.
The King of the Tightrope (Blondin) W.B. Robertson Cassell’s Family Magazine p55-63
How to succeed as a Juggler Paul Cinquevalli Cassell’s Magazine p368-371 vol 47 no.4 March 1909
On the Road with the Big Show Charles Theodore Murray Cosmopolitan Magazine 1900 – June 1900 14pp
Where Vaudeville Holds the Boards Charles Sherlock Cosmopolitan Magazine February 1902 pp10
In Vaudeville Hartley Davis Everybody’s Magazine 1905 – p231-240 1905
Lions at Play W.J. Wintle, F.Z.S. Harmsworth Magazine 1900 – p321-327 vol iv, Feb – Jul 1900
Animal Actors – The Wonders of Wild Beast Training F.Z.S. Harmsworth Magazine p115-120&191 vol xi
Running a great Variety Show (London Hippodrome) Turner Morton Pearson’s Magazine 1904 vol xviii p254-263 jul – dec 1904
Old Vauxhall Gardens Austin Dobson Scribner’s Magazine 1889 – p185-199 vol V, Jan-Jun 1889
The Anatomy of a Contortionist Thomas Dwight Scribner’s Magazine 1889 – p493-505 vol V, Jan-Jun 1889
An Artist in Hoops (William Everhart) H.L. Adam The Black & White Budget 1901 – p180-182May 4 1901 3pp
A House of Mystery (Servais Le Roy) H.L. Adam The Black & White Budget 1901 – p778-780 Mar 23 1901
Dwarfs, Giants and The Average Man Dr Dudley A. Sargent The Pall Mall Magazine p71-79
Remarkable Performers No. 1: Cinquevalli, The Greatest Juggler in the World The Playgoer, issue 1 5pp
A Romance of the Ring Kirby Draycott The Royal Magazine 1898 – vol 1 p127-134 Nov 1898 – April 1899
The Best Shot in the World William Will The Royal Magazine 1898 – vol 1 p230-235 Nov 1898 – April 1899
Cliquot The Sword Swallower H.J. Holmes The Royal Magazine 1898 – vol 1 p534-538 Nov 1898 – April 1899
A Chapeaugraphic Artist The Royal Magazine 1898 – vol 1 p56-59 Nov 1898 – April 1899
An Elephantine Football Team W.M. Duckworth, Jnr. The Royal Magazine 1899 – vol 2 p241-245 May – October 1899
A Man of Many Faces H.J. Holmes The Royal Magazine 1899 – vol 2 p433-437 May – October 1899
Marvels of Sleight of Hand Hector Grainger The Royal Magazine 1899 – vol 2 p458-464 May – October 1899
A Horse that goes to Bed Ellsworth Douglass The Royal Magazine 1899 – vol 2 p54-58 May – October 1899
A Queen of Contortionists H.J. Holmes The Royal Magazine 1899 – vol 2 p77-80 May – October 1899
Football as a Fine Art H.L. Adam The Royal Magazine 1900 – p257-259 May 1900
The King of Jugglers (Cinquevalli) Stanley White The Royal Magazine 1901 – vol 7 p383-387 Nov 1901 – Apr 1902
Zaza the Acrobat H.L. Adam The Royal Magazine 1901 – vol 7 p426-427 Nov 1901 – Apr 1902
Pole Stars (De Witt and Burn) H.L. Adam The Royal Magazine 1901 – vol 7 p520-522 Nov 1901 – Apr 1902
The Banjo King Frank Holmfield The Royal Magazine 1901 – vol 7 p58-61 Nov 1901 – Apr 1902 4pp
Plate Spinning (Maskelyne) C. Lang Neil The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 19 – 22
Heroes of Niagara Orrin E. Dunlap The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 57 – 66
The Man with the Iron Eyebrows (M. Gregor Olivos) Edouard Charles The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 73 – 75
The Art and the Agony of Toe-Dancing Stanley White The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 159 – 163
Chapeaugraphy for Ladies C. Lang Neil The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 250 – 251
Trapeze and Tightrope H.J. Holmes The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 275 – 281
Shadows on the Screen C. Lang Neil The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 346 – 348
Carpet Spinning Phil Lauder The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 393 -396
Pigs on the Stage Harold Shepstone The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 442 – 444
Paper Magic (pleated paper) C. Lang Neil The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 465 – 467
The Strongest Woman on Earth (Vulcana) H.J. Holmes The Royal Magazine 1902 – vol 8 May – Oct 1902 580 – 582
Club Juggling (Ben Mowatt & son) Harold J. Stepstone The Royal Magazine 1903 – vol ix p488-489
How a Circus is run George Western The Royal Magazine 1903 – vol x May – Oct 1903 65-71
Tom Herne The Royal Magazine 1903 – vol x May – Oct 1904 213
Distorting Mirrors L S Lewis The Strand 1897 – vol xiv p313, Jul-Dec 1897:
Twenty Years as a Juggler (cinquevalli) The Royal Magazine 1909 – vol ? May 1909
Other Foolhardy Feats George Dollar The Strand 1897 – vol xiv, p772-777 Jul-Dec 1897 6pp
A Living Idol Framley Steelcroft The Strand 1897 – Vol. xiii p176, Feb 1897 5pp
Side Shows 2 William FitzGerald The Strand 1897 – Vol. xiii p407-416, Jan-Jun 1897 10pp
Side Shows 3 William FitzGerald The Strand 1897 – Vol. xiii p521-528, Jan-Jun 1897 8pp
Side Shows 4 William FitzGerald The Strand 1897 – Vol. xiii p776-780, Jan-Jun 1897 5pp
Side Shows 6 William FitzGerald The Strand 1897 – Vol. xiv p152-161, Aug 1897 6pp
Stilt Racing in Bordeaux William FitzGerald The Strand 1898 – vol xv, p15-24 Jan-Jun 1898
Football Dogs Albert H. Broadwell The Strand 1900 – vol xix, p317-320, Jan to Jun 1900 4pp
Sandow in Plaster of Paris The Strand 1901 – vol xxii, p461-468 Jjuly-Dec 1901
The Human Ostrich (eats knives etc.) The Strand 1901 – vol xxi p467-470 Jan-Jun 1901
A Parlour Seance with David Devant E.T. Sachs The Strand 1901 – vol xxii, p735-743, July-Dec 1901 9pp
Japanese Juggling Tricks and How They Were Invented M.Gintaro The Strand 1914 – Vol xlviii , p632-638, Jul-Dec 1914 7pp
The Greatest of Acrobats – The “Marvellous Craggs” Robert Machray The Windsor Magazine 1897 – vol Vll Dec 1897 – May 1898 p.488 – 495
Ball-Hopping Extraordinary (Robertus and Wilfredo) Frank Holmfield The Windsor Magazine 1901 – Vol XV Dec 1901 to May 1902
Boxing Horses H.J. Holmes The Windsor Magazine 1902 – p287-290 vol.xvii, Dec1902-May 1903
Piano Playing Extraordinary Frank Holmfield The Windsor Magazine 1902 – p761-764 vol.xvii, Dec1902-May 1903
Adventures at Niagara Falls F.A. Acland The Royal Magazine May – Oct 1902