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Billy Smart's New World Circus and Fun Fair Poster, 26 June - 1 July 1950

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.137

Scope and Contents

Oxford, Botley Road. The Elleanos high wire act, Jolly balancing act, Miss Olga trapeze act, The Grand Carousel, The Crazy Car, The Great Alexanders springboard act, Billy Smart Junior presents 12 Royal Welsh Liberty ponies, Bears, Vinicky, English clowns, Highland oxen, Elephants, 8 Friesian black horses, Nicolai and his performing lions, Leona on the steel mast. Multicolour type on multicolour background and colour illustration of circus ring showing a white face clown's head in the centre, three elephants above lions below and a miriad of circus acts around it including horses and trapeze acrobatics. Printed in England by W. E. Berry Ltd Bradford.

Dates

  • Creation: 26 June - 1 July 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 498mm x 760mm

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Physical Description

Reproduction

Cultural context

Occupation

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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