Photographs and newscuttings of Archie Hall, Liverpool entertainer and senior purser of Bibby Line MV Derbyshire, c.1930's.
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Photographs and newscuttings of Archie Hall, Liverpool entertainer and senior purser of Bibby Line MV Derbyshire, c.1930's. Photographs and article cuttings relating to a Mr Archie Hall leader of the Shropshire Tonics - entertain at the Mayo Marine Club when the ship is in, article depicts images some visitors might find offensive as the ~"dolls" used are offensive charicatures of black people, the figures are colloquially referred to as "gollywogs". Photograph from a news article about the Shropshire Tonics - Hall and Price were both members. Postcard with Archie Hall's photograph on the front, a photograph of Archie Hall and another man in uniform and on the deck of a ship. Three more photographs of Hall aboard ships, one in uniform, one in his performing costume, and the last in a suit. Photograph of Archie Hall and a woman, he is in his uniform. Photograph of Archie in uniform dated Feb 1941. Another article cutting about Mr Archie Hall the "well-known entertainer from the Bibby liner."