Circus
Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:
Script for Cinderella Pantomime, 1883 - 1884
Sanger National Amphitheatre. Manuscript for Cinderella pantomime for Sangers. Black ink and pencil with red underline on white paper and brown covers, written on one side of the pages only on ruled paper with corrections, 59pp.
Seat Indicator Tickets for Billy Smart's Circus, 6 October
Various items of ephemera.
Second Half, Grock Film and Act with Max van Embden Film, 1931
VHS. Note on tape reads 'Joe Jackson’s story and act passed down from his father A.V. Pedlar Collection, Joe Jackson junior, life story of a tramp clown cycle act passed down from father to son. Closes with full act. Grock film of life plus act with Max van Embden, Berlin 1931.
Serge Panorama du Cirque Portfolio of Prints, 1944
Artist portfolio of circus prints by Serge Maurice Feaudierre, limited edition of 1000, contains fold out pages with text in French, containing an introduction to the portfolio and circus with colour illustrations and 80 loose monochrome lithographs themed around different circus focus areas such as caged animals, trapeze acts, clowning, equestrian acts, acrobatics, aerial acts, etc, signed in print, with title on bottom right corner. Published by Arc en Ciel, Paris.
Serpent Woman Costume Sketch, c2000
Black ink sketches for the costume of Serpent Woman, including handwritten annotations and material samples.
Set of 14 Colour Postcards, c1900 - 2000
Various items of ephemera.
Shirtsleeves and Spangles Audio Recording, c1900 - 2000
1/4 audio reel. Digitised as part of the Unlocking Our Sounds Heritage project by the British Library.
Shooting Wild on Access Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Note on box reads, "Seen at the Zoo and Caught Snapping".
Short Subjects Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Actina. Black and white, silent. Includes Micky Breaks Jail, Pearl Harbour, Pepperly Popeye, Birdies Love Cats and Big Cheese Popeye. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Show Prep at Rheinahalle Film, 5 December 1994
The Show preparation, the German show, after the show. Footage shows Becky Truman and other performers getting ready for a show, talking to the camera man, scenes in a café, the inside of a church, an aerial performance, performers warm up, make up and rehearsals, sound, colour, copied from VHS.
Showmen Articles Newspaper Cuttings, 1904 - 1973
Articles from The Engineers, Sawdust, The World's Fair, The Sun, Pictorial Quarterly, The Sphere, The Guardian and other newspapers and journals containing articles related to the fairground Showmen community and fairground rides, an article by David Braithwaite, press releases relating to bye-laws and cuttings related to dwarf performers including Tom Thumb.
Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1934 - 1972
Scrapbook containing news about changes and the demise of the British fairground, Pat Collins, the Second World War, living wagons, the circus and Bertram Mills from various newspapers.
Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1926 - 1929
Scrapbook containing news on taxation, roads, gaming and gambling, women working at the fair, Mitcham Fair, Nottingham Goose Fair, legislation, transport, circus, charitable donations, accidents and safety at the fair, coconut shies and Whimsical Walker's retirement from various newspapers.
Shows on Ice Programmes, 1957 - 1980
Programmes for the following ice shows: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Holiday on Ice, Jack and the Beanstalk, Holiday on Ice 1957, The Enchanted Toy Shop, Dick Whittington, Wildfire.
Shrine Circus Programme, 1959
1 page poster. Front: programme information on the left and right, photo of an act in the middle. Back: information about the show, business advertisements.
Shufflebottom Family Collection
Sideshow and Freak Show Posters, c1930 - 1949
Posters of sideshow and freak show performers printed by the Enquirer Job Printing Company, in Cincinnati, USA, many of which for Leroy Robert Ripley's Believe it or Not franchise.
Sideshow Barker Costume Sketch, c2000
Black ink sketches for the costume of Sideshow Barker, including handwritten annotations.
Signed agreement between The Lord Mayor Aldermen and William Smart, 1948
Agreement relating to Billy Smart’s New World Circus and Amusements of 1 Bryon Parade Hillingdon Heat in the Country of Middlesex.
Signed Photograph of Koringa, c1930 - 1959
Autographed Koringa album page, consisting of black and white photograph of Koringa in performance outfit in the centre inside a pencil drawn decagon with some red pencil colouring on a grey piece of paper reading ‘Koringa the only female fakir in the world’ and signed on bottom right. On reverse autographs by George Crangnell and Edward Lauri BBC singer and comedienne.