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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:

Script for Cinderella Pantomime, 1883 - 1884

 Item
Reference code: 178B39.1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1883 - 1884

Seat Indicator Tickets for Billy Smart's Circus, 6 October

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.23
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: 6 October

Second Half, Grock Film and Act with Max van Embden Film, 1931

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 33: Series 178D14
Reference code: 178D14.33
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1931

Serge Panorama du Cirque Portfolio of Prints, 1944

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.59
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1944

Serpent Woman Costume Sketch, c2000

 Item
Reference code: 178H28.4
Scope and Contents

Black ink sketches for the costume of Serpent Woman, including handwritten annotations and material samples.

Dates: c2000

Set of 14 Colour Postcards, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.13
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Shirtsleeves and Spangles Audio Recording, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 40: Series 178E9
Reference code: 178E9.6
Scope and Contents

1/4 audio reel. Digitised as part of the Unlocking Our Sounds Heritage project by the British Library.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Shooting Wild on Access Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.194
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Note on box reads, "Seen at the Zoo and Caught Snapping".

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Short Subjects Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 12: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.98
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Show Prep at Rheinahalle Film, 5 December 1994

 Item
Reference code: 178D22.2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 5 December 1994

Showmen Articles Newspaper Cuttings, 1904 - 1973

 Sub-Series — Box Showmen's Guild Box 18: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1904 - 1973

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1934 - 1972

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 19: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.5
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1934 - 1972

Showmen's Guild Scrapbook, 1926 - 1929

 Item — Box Showmen's Guild Box 20: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.7
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1926 - 1929

Shows on Ice Programmes, 1957 - 1980

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 46: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.120
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1957 - 1980

Shrine Circus Programme, 1959

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 46: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.102
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1959

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989

Sideshow and Freak Show Posters, c1930 - 1949

 Series
Reference code: 178R45
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1930 - 1949

Sideshow Barker Costume Sketch, c2000

 Item
Reference code: 178H28.3
Scope and Contents

Black ink sketches for the costume of Sideshow Barker, including handwritten annotations.

Dates: c2000

Signed agreement between The Lord Mayor Aldermen and William Smart, 1948

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 3: Series 178G41; Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.5
Scope and Contents

Agreement relating to Billy Smart’s New World Circus and Amusements of 1 Bryon Parade Hillingdon Heat in the Country of Middlesex.

Dates: 1948

Signed Photograph of Koringa, c1930 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178Z41.1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1930 - 1959