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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:

Kelvin Hall Carnival Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1127
Scope and Contents

From 4 December to 27 Janurary. Colour illustration of a black elephant wearing an orange and green cover carrying a clown dressed in green, on an orange background

Dates: c1950-1999

Kelvin Hall Carnival Poster, 5 December 1960 - 28 January 1961

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1128
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of a white horse on the right hand side on an orange background and blue and black type

Dates: 5 December 1960 - 28 January 1961

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival and Menagerie Poster, 9 December 1966 - 28 January 1967

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1084
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of clown torso hanging from a trapeze in black over a red background and black and white type

Dates: 9 December 1966 - 28 January 1967

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival Poster, 9 December 1966 - 28 January 1967

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1132
Scope and Contents

Black outline of a clown on a red background and white type

Dates: 9 December 1966 - 28 January 1967

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1142
Scope and Contents

9 December to 28 January. Black outline of clown and white and black type on red background

Dates: c1950-1999

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1143
Scope and Contents

11 December to 2 February. Colour illustration of a grey elephant in a yellow and red tent and a small red clown out side the tent on a white background with red and yellow detail

Dates: c1950-1999

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival Poster, 7 December 1964 - 30 January 1965

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1144
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of clown in red outfit holding on to a tiger's tail and black type on white background

Dates: 7 December 1964 - 30 January 1965

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival Poster, 1975

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1145
Scope and Contents

Ringmaster Alfred Delbosq, Seven Kludsky swing act, Burger sisters aerial act, Safar giraffe, Mary Chipperfield tiger act, elephant act, 8 Arab stallions and dimple Shetland pony, Lilly Yokoi ballerina on a bicycle, Salvadors, Cina, Los Pampas, Professor Grimble, orchestra Louis Freeman, Musical director Leslie Ansell. Colour illustration of a clown in a yellow outfit in the middle of the poster and red and black type

Dates: 1975

Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival Poster, 1979-1980

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1146
Scope and Contents

Ringmaster, Alfred Delbosq, Dick Franco juggler, Leigh Marsh dog act, Huesca Brothers trampoline act, Barbara Morris sea lion act, Carolis family horse act, Les Francescos clowns, Los Hermans perch act, comedy zebra, Jean Lemoine plate spinning act, William Rueda roller balancing act, elephant and ponies by Robert Brothers, orchestra Louis Freeman, director Jack Ansell. Clown in yellow and red holding big blue ball

Dates: 1979-1980

Kid Speed, The Range Busters, The Rink, Rodeo Thrills, Woodenheads, Whipsnade Zoo, Pack up your Troubles, Swiss Miss, Jitterbugs, and Saps at Sea Film, 1924

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.203
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 300 Feet. Chadwick Pictures. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'Kid Speed' starring Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy. 'The Range Busters' starring Cary ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John King and Ray ‘Alibi’ Terhure. 'The Rink' starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell. Woodenheads extract from 'Busy Bodies' starring Laurel and Hardy. Pack up your Troubles, Swiss Miss, Jitterbugs (parponus), and Saps at Sea...
Dates: 1924

Kill or Cure Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.207
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gene Plas. 350 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'Kill or Cure' starring Ann Austin, Stan Laurel, Noah Young, Al St John, and Snub Polland. Hedy Keiser strip poker. Charles Chaplin driving 'The Tin Lizzie'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson as Cavemen. Extract of flying elephant and stone age romance. Billy Bevan in 'Hight Night'. Charles Chaplin and Edna Puvriance in 'Carmen'. Contains nudity and...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

Kindercirkus Dinkeltje Programme, 1970

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 46: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.108
Scope and Contents

Front cover: photo of people queuing to enter the circus. Inside: programme in the centre, commercial advertisement, few photos of the acts. Back cover: advertisements. 4 pages.

Dates: 1970

King of the Jungle, Wireless Lizzie, Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box, and The Pianola Film, 1933

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.208
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Dixons. 300 Feet, Paramount Pictures. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'King of the Jungle' starring Buster Crabbe. 'Wireless Lizzie' starring Walter Hiers. Lupino Lane in' Movieland Mixup'. 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.

Dates: 1933

Kitty Roberts' Death Related Material, 2008

 File
Reference code: 178Q6.4
Scope and Contents

Funeral service card. Passed away 19 February 2008. Folding white card with colour portrait photograph of Kitty Roberts on the cover as a mature woman and a black and white photograph in circus outfit as a young woman on the back cover, inside order of service and a thank you card sent to attendees to the funeral.

Dates: 2008

Knie Circus' 75th Anniversary Promotional Material, 1994

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 42: Series 178I24
Reference code: 178I24.23
Scope and Contents

Contains black and white and colour photographs of the circus and performers; information about the performers and Knie circus.

Dates: 1994

Knie Circus Poster, 1978

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1167
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of tiger riding a white and brown horse. Signed on bottom right (illegible)

Dates: 1978

Knie Circus Poster, 21 July - 4 August 1989

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1168
Scope and Contents

Luzern, Allmend. Colour illustration of man fighting a crocodile on a blue, green and red background. Signed on bottom right (illegible)

Dates: 21 July - 4 August 1989

Knie Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1174
Scope and Contents

Solothurn, Dornacherplatz, Switzerland, Friday 19 to Sunday 21 June. Colour illustration of clown with no facial paint, wearing a white shirt, a waistcoat and a pointy hat on a blue background, on bottom section black type on white background

Dates: c1950-1999

Knie Circus Poster, c1984

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1347
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of Chinese troupe formed by two men and ten women riding a bycicle, wearing white, long sleve tops and red trousers on a yellow and red background

Dates: c1984

Knie Circus Promotional Material, 1978

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 41: Series 178I24; Series 178N6; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178I24.1
Scope and Contents

History about the Knie circus and its circus performers. Black and white and Colour photographs. 24 pages.

Dates: 1978