Featured vintage show poster

hi folks

something i found in a charity shop today ( 15" by 10)
havent taken it out of the frame cause it looks original enough to me
only name i could find was the escapologist
who appears once to have nearly killed himself by setting himself on fire
theres no year date on it
odd title
not sure what the hole punches and string are about, looks like its been framed to retain that aspect

sounds like heck of a show

any info or comments appreciated

 

Can't be too old with a five digit telephone number. Internet says roughly 1963 to 1972 in Leeds. I imagine sign meant to be hung in window. Called a "hanging showcard," again courtesy of the internet.

Debora

 

interesting thanks deb, i would have thought earlier than that, just by the whole look of it

 

using google image mid 60s does look right though

 

"attempted to improve on one of Houdini’s famous specialities, lost his life in a blazing petrol-soaked straitjacket"

would have been a great epitaph

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/18979907.rondart-saved-escapologist-couldnt-escape/

 

The fonts are consistent with a later date.

Debora

 

According to this, Candy Kane was born in '61 (maybe '65). I think that would move the card to the '80s.

 

Choices of years for Monday December 17 ...
1956
1962
1973
1979
1984
1990
https://spu.edu/ddowning/percal.htm#December

 

I suspect that down through history there has been more than one stripper named Candy Kane.

Debora

 

The winner is 1962, as dated by this window card of the same format...

https://nigelthedame.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/bettys-blog-a-night-at-the-music-hall/

 

Brilliant stuff, some great info on that page as well

Many thanks

 

Great research! The blog article looks interesting, too. I hope to read it later.

 

Still open. So interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_City_Varieties

Debora

 

Nice find Charlie.I do like the 'Glamorama' featuring 'The Gaytones'-like something out of a Phil Dick/Vonnegut novel-surreal.
Looks like Leeds was a frisky town way before The Who cut their live album !

 

I’ve a lot of show cards and posters, I collect the ones with family members on.
This looks right for early sixties in terms of colour and layout. Don’t forget these were done cheaply with no real artwork involved. The printer - and that was my fathers trade - did a basic set up on inked flat beds.

 

Objective would have been cheap and quick.

Debora

 

O'Bear,love to see some examples of year old show cards/posters.So yr Dad did offset litho printing,prob not letterpress ?