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Lulu Adams
Lulu Adams.
Ref: NFA 0042
Title: The Lulu Adams Collection
Scope: The Lulu Adams collection contains photographs and newspaper cuttings of one of the earliest female clowns.
Dates: 1880s-1950s
Level: Fonds
Extent: 4 archive boxes
Name of creator: Lulu Adams
Administrative / biographical history: Lulu Adams nee Craston was the daughter of Joe Craston of Sanger's circus fame and the first woman clown to appear at Olympia. Taking advice from her father in avoiding the grotesque in her make-up, she performed her musical burlesque routine wearing a curled white wig and spangles. Her aptitude for clowning developed early and she appeared many times with her father in clown entrees. Musically talented on the clarinet, saxophone, cornet, drums and bagpipes, and an excellent singer and dancer she appeared in Mill's, Tom Arnold's and Ringling circus to name but a few before retiring in 1962.
Source: Acquired by the NFA
System of arrangement: Catalogued according to type
Subjects: Circus, Clown
Conditions of access: Items are currently being catalogued and are unavailable for research at this current time.
Restrictions: Currently unavailable
Copyright: National Fairground Archive
Finding aids: Full list
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