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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:

Circus Pinder Poster, 6 - 8 May c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.431
Scope and Contents

Cupar. Red type on yellow background.

Dates: 6 - 8 May c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Circus Pinder Poster, 20 - 22 May c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.432
Scope and Contents

Kirriemuir. Red type on yellow background.

Dates: 20 - 22 May c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Circus Pinder Poster, 24 - 26 May c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.433
Scope and Contents

Brechin. Red type on yellow background.

Dates: 24 - 26 May c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Circus Pinder Poster, 31 May - 2 June c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.434
Scope and Contents

Stonehaven. Red type on yellow background.

Dates: 31 May - 2 June c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Circus Pinder Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.435
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for over-printing location and date. Red type on yellow background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Circus Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.800
Scope and Contents

Colour type on white background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters / Oversize Circus Poster Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell

Circus Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R37.1
Scope and Contents

Rochdale Cronkeyshaw Common. Colour illustration of early circus poster. Folded colour. Printed by W.E. Berry, Ltd. Bradford.

Dates: c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection / Posters

Circus Poster, 16 April 1855

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.9
Scope and Contents

The largest fragment contains an equestrian scene by Mr. William Cooke. Black type on white background.

Dates: 16 April 1855
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

Circus Poster, c1800 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.17
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of circus acts including a bareback act in the centre performed with nine horses. Trained horse acrobatics, floor acrobatics and clown scenes on top left section and clowning with pig and female horse acrobatics on bottom right section. Signed Willsons' Leicester, Regd.

Dates: c1800 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1970 - 1979

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.400-476
Scope and Contents

Circus posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell.

Dates: c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters

Circus Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1965 - 1979

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.29-131
Scope and Contents

Circus posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell.

Dates: c1965 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters

Circus Princess Competition Leaflet, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 41: Series 178I24; Series 178N6; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.56
Scope and Contents

Produced by Billy Smart's Circus.

Dates: c1900 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Circus Programmes Research Material, 1920 - 1960

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.23
Scope and Contents

Compilation of British circus programmes in locations around the UK. Typescript and manuscript.

Dates: 1920 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material

Circus Renz Poster, 19 October 1885

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.3
Scope and Contents

Berlin, Eln Mexikanermanöver, Mr. Charles Ducos, Horaz und Merkur, Mr. A. Wells equestrian act, C. Godiewsky clown, Borax, Mlle. Aguimoff, Das 3 fache Reck gymnastics, Mlle. Anna Ducos, Damen-Jokey-Rennen, Kohinor, Mme. Bradbury, Adgar. Black type on off white background with decorative border. Printed by Druck von H. G. Effenbart's Erb en in Stettin.

Dates: 19 October 1885
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

Circus Renz Promotional Material, 1993

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 42: Series 178I24
Reference code: 178I24.25
Scope and Contents

Contains colour photographs and names of the performers; brief information about the circus; hand written notes on the last page. 8 pages.

Dates: 1993
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Circus Research Material, 1872 - 1975

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.1
Scope and Contents Photocopies of programmes from the London Hippodrome, the National Amphitheatre, Hengler's Circus, Olympia, Hagenbeck's Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Barnum and Bailey, Paulo's Circus, Chapman's Circus, Rosaire's Circus, Grand Continental Circus at the Crystal Palace, Barrett's Canadian Circus, Cody's Continental Circus, Pinder's Royal Circus and Menagerie and other UK and international circuses, also photocopies of newspaper cuttings, ordenance survey, photographs of performers and posters,...
Dates: 1872 - 1975
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material

Circus Research Material, 1891 - 1935

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.37
Scope and Contents A large volume of typed and handwritten material referring to information published in newspapers and journals including the Strand Magazine, The Royal Magazine, McClure's Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The Bookman, The World Magazine, Cassells's Magazine, American Magazine, The Toronto Star Weekly, Everybody's Magazine, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, St. Nicholas Magazine, Popular Science Monthly, Pearson's Magazine and Saturday Evening Post on animal training and other aspects of wild...
Dates: 1891 - 1935
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material

Circus Rider Print, 1897 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.4
Scope and Contents

Circus Rider, from L'Estampe Moderne series. Lithograph on paper by Richard Ranft (1862-1931). Colour illustration of the front section of a horse riden by a lady rider on the foreground over yellow background and a clown and a man in white outfit and black out face on the background.

Dates: 1897 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Original Artwork

Circus Roland Programme, 1962

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 46: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.107
Scope and Contents

Front cover: painting of a clown atop a camel. Inside: programme in the centre, photos of the acts with a brief description, commerical advertisements, introduction letter. Back cover: advertisement for Volkswagen. 6 pages.

Dates: 1962
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Programmes

Circus Romano Poster, c1980 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R27.189
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of showgirls and clown and red and yellow type. Left blank for overprinting location and date.

Dates: c1980 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Posters

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