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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1960

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.257
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of wild animals around the edges on a dark red background and blue and black type on a yellow background in the centre on the front cover, inside introduction and black and white photographs of acts and performers with text on colour and white background, insert with programme and commercial advertising, 12p.p

Dates: 1960

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1962

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.258
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of wild animals around the edges on a dark red background and blue and black type on a yellow background in the centre on the front cover, inside introduction and black and white photographs of acts and performers with text on colour and white background, programme in the centre and 2p.p insert with programme, also commercial advertising and entrance tickets, 12p.p

Dates: 1962

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1976

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.263
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of roaring tiger's face surrounded by clowns heads, performing elephants, lion's head polar bear, poodles and two horses, on a blue background on the front cover, inside introducion, history of the Chipperfield circus, black and white and colour photographs of performers and acts and commercial advertising, also 2 p.p insert with programme and blue and white photographs, 8p.p

Dates: 1976

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1976

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.264
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of roaring tiger's face surrounded by clowns heads, performing elephants, lion's head polar bear, poodles and two horses, on a blue background on the front cover, inside introducion, history of the Chipperfield circus, black and white and colour photographs of performers and acts and commercial advertising, also 2 p.p insert with programme and blue and white photographs, 8p.p

Dates: 1976

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1975

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.265
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of roaring tiger's face surrounded by clowns heads, performing elephants, lion's head polar bear, poodles and two horses, on a blue background on the front cover, inside introducion, history of the Chipperfield circus, black and white and colour photographs of performers and acts and commercial advertising, also 2 p.p insert with programme and blue and white photographs, 8p.p

Dates: 1975

Chipperfield's Circus programme, 1974

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.269
Scope and Contents

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Colour illustration of tiger leaping from the circus ring towards the viewer and blue curtains on front cover, inside introduction, black and white and colour photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p

Dates: 1974

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1977

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.276
Scope and Contents

Blue and white photographs of two acts on the front cover and blue type over white background, programme inside in blue type, loose programme, souvenir booklet missing, 2p.p.

Dates: 1977

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1972

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.277
Scope and Contents

Blue and white illustration of woman in performing outfit with cape and feather head dress on the left hand side and wild animals around the bottom and right edges, on a white and blue background on the front cover, inside programme in blue type, 2p.p.

Dates: 1972

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, 1988

 File
Reference code: 178K43.611

Chipperfield's Circus Programme, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.612
Scope and Contents

Souvenir booklet containing an insert programme, the booklet has a colour illustration of circus animals including roaring tigers and lions, polar bears and elephants on a red background and black and gold type on the front cover, inside colour photographs of acts and perfomers with text and commercial advertising, the programme is black type on blue paper, 9p.p.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Chipperfield's Circus Ring Plan, 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178M16.1
Scope and Contents

Colour coded aerial plan of Chipperfield's circus ring, with admission prices according to location of seating.

Dates: 1954

Chipperfield's Circus Scrapbook, 1949 - 1990

 Item
Reference code: 178G21.96
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook containing black and white photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes and some items of ephemera from Chipperfield Circus and other various other circuses including Wilkie's, Bertram Mills, MikkenieJoh Pearson and Billy Smart, some pages are blank, 84p.p.

Dates: 1949 - 1990

Chipperfields Circus Weymouth Poster, 29 June 1964

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.280
Scope and Contents

Circus wrestling event at Weymouth. Randolph Turpin, Patrick Klocke, Doctor Death, Lino de Santos, Bob Anthony, Hard Boiled Haggerty, The White Angel, Ray Leslie, Dennis Dean, Roger Green. Printed on yellow paper, black photographs of two boxers, type black and red. Printed by Wilkinsons Ltd

Dates: 29 June 1964

Chipperfields Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, 1966

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.217
Scope and Contents

Poster announcing Chipperfield's move from Europe. Colour illustration of the circus being transported on a boat, with clowns, acrobats and animals including elephants, zebras, monkeys and polar bears, background blue, type multicoloured

Dates: 1966

Chipperfields Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, 22 - 27 June 1964

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.234
Scope and Contents

Uxbridge. Yellow, red, white and blue type on white background and blue border. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd

Dates: 22 - 27 June 1964

Chipperfields Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, 22 - 27 June 1964

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.236
Scope and Contents

Uxbridge. The Cimarro Troupe high wire act. Printed on orange paper, type and illustrations in black, black silhouette illustration of four tightrope walkers, one balacing on another's shoulders. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd

Dates: 22 - 27 June 1964

Chipperfields Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, c1960 - 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.255
Scope and Contents

Dudley, from 19 March. Zira the girl who swims with crocodiles. Colour illustration of a girl underwater holding a crocodile's open jaw, type multicoloured. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd, Bradford

Dates: c1960 - 1969

Chipperfields Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, c1960 - 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.256
Scope and Contents

Zira the girl who swims with crocodiles. Colour illustration of a girl underwater holding a crocodile's open jaw, type multicoloured. Left blank for printing location and date. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd Bradford

Dates: c1960 - 1969

Chipperfield's Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, c1950 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.261
Scope and Contents

Bolton Recreation Ground, 8 to 13 June. Mr Pastry. Colour illustration of two giraffes, a hippopotamus, three camels and three llamas, background and type multicoloured. Sketched poster layout for 'The Big Ben Bono Show' on the back. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd

Dates: c1950 - 1999

Chipperfields Europe's Greatest Circus Poster, c1950 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.270
Scope and Contents

Oxford, 21 to 26 September, farewell visit to the Midlands. Multicolour type on white background and blue border. Location and dates have been glued on seperately over original

Dates: c1950 - 1999