LibGuides: Primary Sources: Victorian Era: Music &amp; Theater

Online Sources: Music & Theater - Victorian

Marie Lloyd Images
Philip H. Ward Collection of Theatrical Images, 1856-1910
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"The collection consists of 573 items, mostly black-and-white photographs--and a few drawings and engravings--of 111 actors, actresses, and other performing artists posed by professional photographers working predominantly in New York, London, and Paris."
Sanger Circus Collection (University of Sheffield via JSTOR)
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"Photographs from the Sanger Circus Collection. The collection also contains negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating to George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

The Sanger dynasty started with James Sanger (c1778-1849) travelling a peep show around the English fairs. But it was his two most notable sons; John (1819-1889) and George (1825-1911), who will take the Sanger name to circus greatness."
Victorian Popular Music - British Library Exhibition
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"Leaf through illustrated sheet music for 188 songs and piano pieces from the heyday of Victorian Music Hall to discover an entertaining sidelight on Victorian society."

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