3-056-203 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

The seven-foot beard and three-foot moustache, 1896. 'Mr. A. Broadhurst, The Surprise of the Chicago Exhibition, with a Beard over 7 Feet Long and a Moustache 3 ft. in length'. Other 'attractions' on display include: 'the Oriental Hebrew Operatic Sketch Co.; Wonderful Living Freak of Nature, the Armless Lady; The Kryers...Up-side-down Pedestal Dancers; Miss Mabel Blanche, Quick Change Character Dancer; Learto, Continental Musical & Vocal Comedian; Tattooing - Miss Flo Riley, a most beautiful and artistically Tattooed Lady...Grand Nautical Spectacle of Japan & China; Bros. Onda In their Marvellous performance on the Aerial Bars and Flying Trapeze; At enormous expense, Grand Collection of Waxwork Tableaux, the Finest in London'. Advertising bill for Wonderland, 100 Whitechapel Road. Opened in 1896, Wonderland was originally a music hall but also became a well-known boxing hall. It burned down in 1911 and was later rebuilt as a cinema, the Rivoli.