Evanion Catalogue

October 6, 2005 7:11 PM

The Evanion Catalogueat the British Library has a huge collection of high-res images (mostly advertisements) relating to Victorian entertainment and everyday life. I had the most fun browsing the subject index. I couldn't resist the Abnormalities - Human category, where I found a poster advertising The Frog Man. Some more mundane things also. Something for everyone here.
posted by marxchivist (7 comments total)

Cool, but I wish it had a full-text search for everything in the ads. There's a lot of text there that's unindexed.
posted by Mo Nickels at 8:01 PM on October 6, 2005

wonderful!

i love this one (and color stuff was rarer then)
posted by amberglow at 8:27 PM on October 6, 2005

another beautiful one for ladies' hats
posted by amberglow at 8:28 PM on October 6, 2005

Nice one Marxchivist. What's this about, opium, luring ladies?
posted by tellurian at 8:39 PM on October 6, 2005

I've been enjoying looking at all the magician posters. Keyword: magic.
posted by jessamyn at 8:51 PM on October 6, 2005

These are awesome. I love the sideshow ones. Any chance of getting frameable reproductions?
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:23 AM on October 7, 2005

Fascinating stuff!

Just arrived from America! heaviest female living, weighing 40 stone
posted by funambulist at 5:48 AM on October 7, 2005