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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:

Boswell's Circus Programme, 1956

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.94
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of top section of clown holding a circus ring with his left hand, with clowns playing music and car, three white horses, three elephants and acrobatic acts on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text and commercial advertising, 7p.p.

Dates: 1956

Boswell's National Circus Programme, 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.96
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of music band lead by a woman on the left and lions and elephants on the right hand side, over a yellow background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1959

Boswells' National Circus Programme, 1961

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.97
Scope and Contents

White and brown photographs of acts and performers around the left and bottom edges and red, yellow and brown type on stripey white and yellow background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, also newspaper cutting for an act and press pass for the Frontier Post and Times dated 8 September 1961, 10p.p.

Dates: 1961

Boswell's National Circus Programme, 1960

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.104
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on top right and lion's head on bottom right over a red background with yellow, blue and black type , also a white, blue and yellow rosette reading golden jubilee on bottom left, on front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1960

Boswell's Sirkus Combined with Wilkie Programme, c1960 - 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.98
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of white face clown covering the page on a yellow background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: c1960 - 1969

Boswell's South African National Circus Programme, 1958

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.88
Scope and Contents

Includes an introduction and a programme in the central pages as well as information on different acts with black and white photographs including, Koringa, The Flying Marilees, The Cycling Bales, Trio Chromatique, Les Morellys, Trevor Bale, Stanley Boswell, The Volants, The Congars. Colour illustration of woman wrestling a crocodile, surrounded by other crocodiles and snakes on the front cover and clown on back cover, 9p.p.

Dates: 1958

Boswell's South Africa's National Circus Programme, 1957

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.105
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of Davy Crockett and a wild west scene in a circus ring on front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1957

Bouglione Circus Programme, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178K41.44
Scope and Contents

Cirque D’Hiver de Paris. Colour photos of acts. Contains illustration cut-out cover, 24p.p.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Brian Boswell's Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1193
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of circus acts including two female Chinese acrobats in red outfits in the centre on a black background

Dates: c1950-1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1209
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of circus acts including Chinese acrobats, clowns and tiger on an orange and green background with white stars

Dates: c1950-1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1344
Scope and Contents

Wheel of Death. Colour photograph of man crowching on a wheel of death up in the air over a clown and audience and combined blue and white, red and yellow and yellow type on red background at the top

Dates: c1950-1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Programme, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.107
Scope and Contents

Colouring book programme. Colour illustration of roaring lion's head and leaping tiger on a blue background and yellow and red type on the front cover, inside out line of circus performers and scenes for colouring and a loose programme page, 11p.p.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Programme, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.108
Scope and Contents

Purple and red type on yellow background with red stars and images of past programmes on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performes, a page on animal care and programme, 8p.p.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Brighton Centre Circus Poster, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.725
Scope and Contents

Brighton, The Brighton Centre, 20 July to 28 August. Colour illustration of three clowns, one standing on another foot while balancing the third of his arm, background yellow, type black. Designed by Derek Simpson

Dates: c1900 - 1999

British Circus and Variety Programmes, 1949 - 1970

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K56.1-32
Scope and Contents Circus and variety programmes includig Palace Theatre Manchester, Cunard White Star concert programme, Chipperfield Circus, Robert Brothers, Billy Smart's Circus, Billy Russell Hippodrome Circus, Big Top Circus, Prince's Royal International Circus and Tom Arnorld's Harringay Circus, contain photographs of the acts and information and including circus, variety and animal acts and featuring Sheila Pugh's Showgirls, The Digger Pugh Girls and the Wallabies. all programmes contain photographs of...
Dates: 1949 - 1970

British Circuses Programmes, 1921 - 2018

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K43.654
Scope and Contents Programmes for British circuses including Circus Fiesta, John Lawson's Circus, Gilberts Circus, Tom and Sheila Sandow, Tamara Coco's Circus, Blackpool Tower Circus, Bertram Mills, Billy Smart Circus, Peter Jay Superdrome Circus, Billy Russell's Circus, Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Gerry Cottle's Circus, Jay Miller's Circus, Gandey's Circus, Monday Circus, Circus Hassani, Charles Weight's Empire Circus, Coleman Bros. Circus, Paulo's Circus, John Lester's Royal Midget Circus, Trevor's British...
Dates: 1921 - 2018

British Empire Family Circus Poster, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.727
Scope and Contents Liza the performing pig, Little Billy the laughing pony, La La and Lo Lo clowns, Beauty the dancing pony, Trixie the fortune telling pony, Bunny the performing goat, Jojo and Jacko, Mdle Ouida wire act, 2 Cottrils comedy jugglers, fun on the joy wheel with local talent and Jack the speedway terrier, 3 Sooners, Dynamite the bucking and kicking mule, Biff and Baff, Tex Powel and Co, stock-whip and rope, clowns. Background white with sections of blue, yellow and red, type blue, yellow and red....
Dates: c1900 - 1999

British, European and International Circus Posters, 1840-1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.673-783
Scope and Contents

British, European and international circus posters including Cody's Circus, William Cooke's Circus, Chapman's Circus, The Great Continental Circus, The Royal Bengal Circus, The Great Carmo's Circus, California Circus, Bostock and Wombwell and many others with performances by Sonya Allen, Harry Fossett, The Sandows, Bobo, Robert Brothers, Schumann Family, Jimmy Chipperfield, Norman Barrett, Koringa, Rio, Ron and Rita, Harry and Betty Paulo, Togare and many other artistes

Dates: 1840-1999

British Isles Circuses Research Material, 1900 - 1988

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.8
Scope and Contents

Notebooks containing listings of British circuses, their programmes, descriptions of the acts and newspaper cuttings. Created by D. H. Thomas (David Harold Thomas aka Hal Thomas). Manuscript.

Dates: 1900 - 1988

Broekman’s Circus and Great Monkey Performance Handbill, c1876

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 3: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.296
Scope and Contents

Duke’s Theatre also known as Theatre Royal Holborn, London. Two part show with monkeys, poodles and equestrian entertainment, 4pp.

Dates: c1876