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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4321 Collections and/or Records:

Charts of Circus Performances Research Material, 1940 - 1948

 File
Reference code: 178B30.24
Scope and Contents

Charts of circus and performers appearances. Manuscript.

Dates: 1940 - 1948

Chessington Circus Programmes, 1934 - 1974

 File
Reference code: 178K43.620
Scope and Contents

Chessington Circus programmes containing illustrations, some black and white photographs on the front cover and programme.

Dates: 1934 - 1974

Chicken Cooped Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.69
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. Comedy starring Flora Finch. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Chicos Christmas Circus Ticket, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178Z50.21
Scope and Contents

Colour photograph of clown holding a ring with the name of the circus inside it and circus acts in Christmas baubles on a red background with green border with snow flakes

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Children's Book 'The Adventures of Sandy Castle' by Gary Smart and Allis Moss, February 2014

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 41: Series 178I24; Series 178N6; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.55
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: February 2014

Children's Circus Books, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178Z50.63
Scope and Contents

Various chidren's circus books including; The Chidren's Circus Book, The Circus ABC, Circus Friends counting book, Circus Thrills, Les Jeunes Clowns Fratellini and Tony, Circus Barum Lach Dich Gesund Im, The Chummy Circus Book, The Circus Comes to Town pop-up book, Come to the Circus and the Circus Boy, which is a pop-up book, all containing colour illustrations and text. Language: English, German

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Chimps, Champs and Chumps Film, 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.65
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Pathe Picette. 400 feet. Black and White, with Sound. Includes EuropeanCircus, possibly Bertram Mills. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: 1949

Chinese Circus, Cirque du Soleil, Quidan, Australian National Circus, Louie Knie and Circus Hinter den Kulissen Films, 1997 - 2000

 Item
Reference code: 178D13.3
Scope and Contents ARTE TV, ProSieven, IS TV Interspot Film. Colour and black and white, sound and background music. DVD 1 assorted clips of the Shengyan New Chinese Circus performing acts including balancing, acrobatics, clowning, aerial and contorsionist acts, also behind the scenes circus life and scenes in China, narrated in German, tv programme by Pierre Fournier Bidoz and Dominique Mauclair for Arte TV 1999. Cirque du Soleil performing 'Quidan' including aerial acts, clowning, juggling and singing in...
Dates: 1997 - 2000

Chinese Circus from Chong Qing Programme, 1988

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 46: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.112
Scope and Contents

Programme for circus run 3 June - 5 November 1988. Front cover: various drawings of circus performers. Inside: programme in the centre, introduction about the circus, commercial advertisment, information about other acts at Blackpool. Back cover: Blackpool Tower floor map. 6 pages.

Dates: 1988

Chinese Circus Poster, 1980 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 51: Series 178H21; Series 178M17; Series 178R7
Reference code: 178R7.83
Scope and Contents

Thought to be a poster for Gerry Cottle's Circus. Event title: (主辦) 世界馬戲大觀 / World Circus Show. Location: 香港海洋公園 / Ocean Park Hong Kong. Circus ran 10 December - 2 March. Colour illustration featuring acts and animal performers.

Dates: 1980 - 2000

Chinese Circus Poster, 1986

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 51: Series 178H21; Series 178M17; Series 178R7
Reference code: 178R7.84
Scope and Contents

Thought to be a poster for Gerry Cottle's Circus. Event title: (主辦)卓伯非精英馬戲團 / 卓伯非 Best/Elite Circus. Location: 香港海洋公園 / Ocean Park Hong Kong. Circus ran 19 December 1986 - 1 March 1987. Colour illustration featuring acts and animal performers.

Dates: 1986

Chinese Circus Poster, c1970-2005

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.933
Scope and Contents

Colour illustrations of the heads of a lion, a tiger and a clown, a motocyclist jumping over a pit full of lions, a clown in a car flying through the air with the stearing wheel off, two elephants and two acrobats, background beige, type red and black

Dates: c1970-2005

Chinese Circus Poster, c1960-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.973
Scope and Contents

Colour illustrations of many circus acts including a woman with a snake wrapped around her, a man looking in a crocodile's jaws, two orange tigers, four acrobats and a clown, background white with red and multicoloured sections

Dates: c1960-1999

Chinese Circus Poster, 1988

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.210
Scope and Contents

Peter Jay present Chinese Circus, at Blackpool Tower. Colour illustrations of a clown, a man with a puppet Chinese dragon, a tiger and a woman riding an elephant, photograph of wrester Big Daddy, background red and orange, type multicoloured

Dates: 1988

Chinese National Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1200
Scope and Contents

Tom Duffy's Circus presented in collaboration with the Chinese National Circus. Colour illustration of a red and yellow parasol in the centre and Chinese dragon, clown's face, tiger, horse and female acrobat around it on a purple background with a yellow and red border

Dates: c1950-1999

Chinese National Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1201
Scope and Contents

Tom Duffy's Circus presented in collaboration with the Chinese National Circus. Colour illustration of a red and yellow parasol in the centre and Chinese dragon, clown's face, tiger, horse and female acrobat around it on a purple background with a yellow and red border

Dates: c1950-1999

Chinese National Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1202
Scope and Contents

Tom Duffy's Circus presents in collaboration with the Chinese National Circus. Colour illustration of white horse on a round yellow background with a female Chinese gymnast on the left and black and white type on a pink and yellow background, also a Chinese dragon on bottom right and a tiger and a clown's face on bottom left

Dates: c1950-1999

Chinese National Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1203
Scope and Contents

Tom Duffy's Circus presents in collaboration with the Chinese National Circus. Colour illustration of white horse on a round yellow background with a female Chinese gymnast on the left and black and white type on a pink and yellow background, also a Chinese dragon on bottom right and a tiger and a clown's face on bottom left

Dates: c1950-1999

Chinese National Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1204
Scope and Contents

Tom Duffy's Circus presents in collaboration with the Chinese National Circus. Colour illustration of female Chinese gymnast on the top section over a yellow circle and green and white type on a pale blue and dark blue backgrounds, also a Chinese dragon on bottom right and a tiger and a clown's face on bottom left

Dates: c1950-1999

Chinese State Circus Poster, c1990 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R27.193
Scope and Contents

Arcadia Theatre, Llandudno. Contains colour Illustration.

Dates: c1990 - 1999