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BP01 Panopticon Museum Vol 1
Subject
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Social History
Music Hall
Waxworks
Creator
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[A. E. Pickard]
Source
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Pickard's Scrapbooks collection at Royal Scottish Conservatoire Archives.
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Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery
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Pickard's Papers Project, processed by Berta Ramos
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Original: Hard-bound paper scrapbook
Language
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English
Type
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Text
Identifier
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BP01
Coverage
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Edwardian
Description
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This scrapbook covers the early history of the Britannia Panopticon under Pickard's management.
Newspaper cutting
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Weekly Record
Date
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December 15 1906
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SANDOW ANECDOTES.
INCIDENTS FROM THE EVENTFUL LIFE
OF MR. SANDOW.
Mr. Sandow — the celebrated strong man
—did not have his greatness thrust upon
liim, but only achieved it by hard work
and persistent efforts. His adventure at
Brussels was the means of bringing him
prominently before the public and secur-
ing a much needed engagement.
■Sandow had tried to secure an engage-
ment in the town as a strong man, but had
tailed, and .as a last resource he played the
following trick. He went round the town
at midnight, and by means of his enor-
mous strength wrecked every weight-lifting
machine there was.
Next day the papers were full of surmises
as to “the gang of wreckers’’ who had
destroyed property in this manner, for, of
course, they did hot think one man was
able to do it. When the excitement had
subsided and the machines been repaired,
Sandow went round the town again and re-
floated the feat. Then special police were
put on to watch the machines and capture
the offenders. Hearing of this, Sandow
intended to.be caught, and one night, when
going tfip round” of machine-breaking,
he was surrounded by a number of police
He allowed himself to be captured and
taken to the station, where he explained
that he had paid his money and tried his
strength in the ordinary way. He gave
the names of several influential friend's of
his in the town, and when they identified
him he vvat» released.
Through this feat of strength Sandow
was inundated with offers of engagements
at more than double the salary bo had we-
viously asked, and had been refused
Auy reader writing to No. 22, Sandow
Hall, Victoria Embankment. London,
" L., will be supplied with a free copy of
the new beautifully-illustrated Book, en-
titled Sandow’s Way to Health ayd
DECEMBER 15,
WEEKLY RECORD
SHOOTING GALLERY SECRET.
The fair ground was empty, and the shoot-
ing gallery man was closing for the night.
“Do you see this e-lasg bail?” he said.
It was a ball of hollow glass, an airy glass !
soap-bubble, tha| had swung at the end "of !
foreground of the clay pipes,
Strength,” showing h ow ‘” Sandow won
Itn and lame, and explaining oow
Healt_ explaining oow
every man and woman cun obtain robust
health and perfect development by
dec. — l_.lU.Yf la
a thread in the pipes, ,
bottles, and what-not that had made up the j
gallery’s targets.
“Then glass ball.” the man went on, “ is |
my great money-maker. Ail day long people
try to hit this ball — it is bigger and nearer i
than any other target— and everybody fails, f
Thousands of bullets aro fired at the ball ; |
thousands of pennies are spent on it ; yet |
here it is, still untouched, my best bread-
winner.
“All wise shooting-gallery men have ai
glass ball like this. It makes such a tempt- !
ing target, yet it is never hit. It is never j
hri because the air that precedes a gun '
charge is suEcient to blow the ball aside,
out of the wav. You might fire a hundred
shots at it, but, like a living thing, like a
timid soldier, for instance, it would dodge j
each shot.’-’- E
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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BP01.16
Title
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BP01.16 Scrapbook page
Subject
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Social History, Variety Theatre
Source
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Pickard's Papers: Panopticon Museum Vol 16
Description
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Newspaper cuttings about Mr Sandow 'The Strong Man' and an article about shooting gallery secrets.
Contributor
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Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust
Publisher
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Pickard's Papers project. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall Trust / University of Glasgow / Heritage Lottery Fund
Language
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English
Coverage
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Edwardian
Format
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image/jpegfrom paper original
Creator
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[A. E. Pickard]
Rights
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This material is made available for non-commercial research and education purposes, and no copyright infringement is intended. If the material is still in copyright, or contains sensitive information, please contact us and we will take it down.
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