Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907)
Dates
- Existence: c1893 - 1907
Biography
The Carl Hagenbeck Circus was founded by menagerie owner and animal trainer and trader Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913), in c1893. Carl trained his own circus animals and presented successful shows at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. In 1907 American circus empresario B.E. Wallace bought the Carl Hagenbeck Circus and merged it with his own circus, forming the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, inspite Carl's opposition to the use of his name. The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was struck by devastating tragedies twice before it was absorved by the American Circus Company a couple of years after its inception.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
American Circus Programmes, 1932 - 1983
Programmes for various American circuses including; Polack Bros., Al G. Barnes, Shrine, Hagenbeck-Wallace, Cole Brothers and Clyde and Beatty, King Bros., Mills Bros. and Cristiani-Wallace Bros. Circus, Bullen Bros., Shrine Circus, California Circus, Myers Grand American Circus and Circus Hoffman. All contain black and white or colour photographs of the acts and performers inside, a programme, some information about the circus and acts and commercial advertising.
Circus Friends Association Collection
This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses
Durrant's Press Cuttings, 1930 - 1955
Films, c1930 - 1990
Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.
German Circuses Programmes, 1952 - 2007
Programmes for German circuses including Circus Krone, Aladin, German National Circus, Circus Stey, Circus Nock, Circus Bavaria, Circus Royal, Friedrichstadt-Palast, Alberti, Cirkus Frankello, Hagenbeck, Brumbach and others, containing colour illustrations and photographs on the front covers, inside black and white and colour photographs of perfomers and acts with text, programme and commercial advertising.
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus, and Circus Thrills Film, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdady Circus Today. Super8. Castle Films. Hagenbeck Circus extract is silent. Circus Thrills with sound.
Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks, 1838 - 2007
A collection of newspaper cuttings on circus, circus proprietors and performers and scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, posters, programmes and other items of ephemera, covering mainly British circuses and venues such as Belle Vue and also some international circuses.
Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.
Programmes, c1800 - 2019
A collection of mainly British and international circus programmes and some variety and music hall programmes containing circus acts.
Programmes for Circuses at the New World's Fair, Royal Agricultural Hall, 1900 - 1939
Programmes for circuses at the new World's Fair, Royal Agricultural Hall including Billy Wilson's Circus, Carl Hagenbeck, Circus Krone and Althoff's Circus, containing monochrome and colour illustrations on the front covers, inside black and white photographs of perfomers and acts with some text and illustrations including the Naito Troupe, Alfred Court and The South China Troupe, programme and commercial advertising.