Blackpool Tower Circus Posters, c1930 - 1990
Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.141-212
Scope and Contents
Posters for Blackpool Tower Circus including shows by Knie's Circus, Circus Krone, Circus Schumann, Bertram Mills Circus, Robert Brothers Circus and performances by Charlie Cairoli, Doddles, Coco the Clown, The Rosaires, Lilly Yokoi, Alfred Court, Vojtek Trubka, The Great Wallendas and Mary Chipperfield among others.
Dates
- Creation: c1930 - 1990
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) (Organisation)
- W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
72 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Circus Knie (Established 1803) (Organisation)
- Circus Krone (Established 1905) (Organisation)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 (Person)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) (Organisation)
- Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 (Person)
- Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 (Person)
- Doddles, c1877 - 1967 (Person)
- Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 (Person)
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 (Person)
- Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 (Person)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk