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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4353 Collections and/or Records:

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, Monday 21 December 1925 - Saturday 23 January 1926

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.493
Scope and Contents

Decorative cover containing a colour illustration of Mr Ducrow as the Courier of St. Petersburgh on card on the front cover and programme inside clown in a white outfit with red border ruffles holding a tray full of miniature lions and two black and white horses galloping underneath on a blue background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white illustrations and photographs of scenes, performers and acts with text and articles and commercial advertising, 24p.p.

Dates: Monday 21 December 1925 - Saturday 23 January 1926

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 20 December 1926 - 22 January 1927

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.494
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of half clown, half white horse creature on a black background on the front cover, bound in black leather cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text pink insert with programme and commercial advertising, 33p.p.

Dates: 20 December 1926 - 22 January 1927

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 21 December 1927 - 24 January 1928

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.495
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of Astley performing an equestrian act in 1827 and black and white illlustration of a recreation act on bottom of page on decorative cover, inside elephant's head covered in Spanish head dress and net and holding a tamborin with its trunk on a yellow background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs and illustrations of performers and acts with text, various articles and commercial advertising, 24p.p

Dates: 21 December 1927 - 24 January 1928

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 22 December 1930 - 24 January 1931

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.500
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of Astley's amphitheatre showing an equestrian act in 1808 on decorative cover, inside nine lions on a blue and orange background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs and illustrations of performers and acts, programme in the centre with road map, various articles and commercial advertising, 32p.p.

Dates: 22 December 1930 - 24 January 1931

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 22 December 1932 - 25 January 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.503
Scope and Contents

Black and white illustration of Queen Victoria at Olympia watching the circus on decorative cover, inside artist illustration of clown's torso on a blue and red grainy background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs and illustrations of performers and acts, insert programme in the centre with road map, various articles and commercial advertising. Printed by Fleetway Press Ltd, 30p.p.

Dates: 22 December 1932 - 25 January 1933

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 21 December 1933 - 25 January 1934

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.504
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of lion's head on decorative cover, inside artist illustration of female equestrian act standing on a white horse with a white face clown behind in a circus ring on the front cover, inside introduction, black white photographs of performers and acts, cartoons of circus acts with articles and commercial advertising. Printed by Fleetway Press Ltd, 32p.p

Dates: 21 December 1933 - 25 January 1934

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 21 December 1933 - 25 January 1934

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.505
Scope and Contents

Artist colour illustration of female equestrian act standing on a white horse with a white face clown behind in a circus ring on the front cover, inside introduction, black white photographs of performers and acts, cartoons of circus acts with articles and commercial advertising. Printed by Fleetway Press Ltd, 28p.p

Dates: 21 December 1933 - 25 January 1934

Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia Programme, 1934 - 1935

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.507
Scope and Contents

Black and white illustration of horses performing on front cover and equestrian and equilibrist acts back cover, on decorative cover, inside black and white portraits of Bertram Mills, The Earl of Lonsdale and The Lord Daresbury on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs and illustrations of performers and acts, section covering who is who of Bertram Mills circus and commercial advertising,. Printed by Fleetwood Press Ltd, 30p.p.

Dates: 1934 - 1935

Bertram Mills Circus Drawing, 24 December 1933

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.22
Scope and Contents

Ink on board drawing by Arthur Ferrier (1891-1973). Black and white illustration of circus acts including clowns, call-boy, boxing, kangaroo, female lion tamer, acrobat and juggling seal in individual windows with text, signed by Arthur Ferrier on bottom left corner in ink, on reverse in pencil 'Our artists sketches at Olympia', 'To Bertram Mills with the Editor's Compliments', 'Original of Arthur Ferrier cartoon from the News of the World Dec 24th 1933'.

Dates: 24 December 1933

Bertram Mills Circus Gala Performance for Jewish Child's Day Programme, 21 December 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.587
Scope and Contents

Three colour illustrations of Grimaldi the clown on the front cover over a white background, inside introduction, loose programme, some articles and commercial advertising. Printed by Woburn Printing Co, Ltd, Upper Woburn Place, 4p.p.

Dates: 21 December 1953

Bertram Mills Circus Gala Performance in Aid of the Animal Health Trust Programme, Thursday 20 December 1962

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.593
Scope and Contents

Olympia, London. Black type on blue background and colour illustration of a clown seating on the floor on the front cover, inside black and white photograh of the Queen, introduction, commercial advertising, articles and programme, 36p.p.

Dates: Thursday 20 December 1962

Bertram Mills' Circus Gouache, c1920 - 1967

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Reference code: 178V11.47
Scope and Contents

Gouache on card, poster design. Olympia Grand Hall, 22 December to 27 January, featuring The Great Frederico. Colour illustration of a man swinging from a rope by his teeth, background image of circus ring, type multicoloured.

Dates: c1920 - 1967

Bertram Mills Circus Mirror Third Edition Gouache, c1920 - 1967

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Reference code: 178V11.43
Scope and Contents

Gouache on card. Design for cover of Bertram Mills Circus Mirror, signed by Leon Chossley. Colour illustration of a woman riding a white horses with smaller images of five clowns, a ringmaster, two elephants with trainer, a ballerina standing on the back of a horse and three high wire performers, background multicoloured, type black and red.

Dates: c1920 - 1967

Bertram Mills' Circus Olympia Grand Hall Poster, 22 December 1932 - 25 January 1933

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Reference code: 178R47.588
Scope and Contents

Olympia Grand Hall. Jeanette's cricketing elephants. Colour illustration of an elephant with its tusks removed with a trainer in safari dress, background yellow and blue, type multicoloured. Printed by W E Berry LTD, Nesfield ST, Bradford

Dates: 22 December 1932 - 25 January 1933

Bertram Mills Circus Olympia Poster, 1959 - 1960

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.581
Scope and Contents

Olympia. Background red with white stripes and blue, type yellow

Dates: 1959 - 1960

Bertram Mills Circus Photographs, c1900 - 1950

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C108.436-488
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of circus performers and animals including Coco the clown, Nicolia the animal tamer, Mills' horses and circus scenes.

Dates: c1900 - 1950

Bertram Mills Circus Poster, c1929 - 1965

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Reference code: 178R47.454
Scope and Contents

Nottingham, Goose Fair site, 16 to 28 April. Double sided, identical on both sides, printed on yellow card, type black and red

Dates: c1929 - 1965

Bertram Mills Circus Poster, c1929 - 1965

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Reference code: 178R47.456
Scope and Contents

Booking sign for Bertram Mills circus. Colour illustration of a chimpanzee wearing clothes and a straw hat holding a phone to its ear, background blue, red and pink, type white, yellow and green

Dates: c1929 - 1965

Bertram Mills' Circus Poster, 6 - 15 July 1933

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Reference code: 178R47.481
Scope and Contents Devonport, Brickfields. Togare and his tigers, The Wallendas, Sloan's burlesque horse, Bertram Mills' liberty horses presented by Mroczkowski, The Millimeter Girls, Gindl's mules, zebras and ponies, The Yung Dsai Chinese sword fighting and acrobatic display, Pim's Navy comedy trampolinists, Bertram Mills high school horses presented by Manzano,The Four Sloans stilt walkers, Salem springboard jumper, The Mirthquakers comic entree by Coco, Sloan and Beasy, Voltige by Salem, The Kemmys and Eva...
Dates: 6 - 15 July 1933

Bertram Mills' Circus Poster, 22 December 1936 - 27 January 1937

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Reference code: 178R47.526
Scope and Contents

Olympia Grand Hall. The Great Frederico. Colour illustration of a man swinging from a rope by his mouth, background image of the circus ring, type multicoloured. Printed by W E Berry LTD, Bradford

Dates: 22 December 1936 - 27 January 1937