Bertram Mills Circus and Fun Fair Olympia Gouache, c1920 - 1967
Scope and Contents
Gouche on card, paper covering on top poster design. Olympia, 17 December to 1 February. Senorita Mara aerialist, Phyllis Allen's poodles, The Johns trampoline comedy, Rudi Lenz's chimpanzees, The Schumanns present grand carousel, Hermané balacing, fiesta in Valencia by the Schumann family liberty spectacle, Jarz trapeze, Danion's sea lions, Leonardo juggler, Tonito,wire walker, Coco and a host of clowns, Laribles springboard, here comes Robin Hood by the Schumanns high school act, Bertram Mills elephants presented by Joan Kruse, Ruppert's bears, clown entrée featuring Jacko, Little Billy and Nikki. Colour illustrations of an acrobat, a clown, two poodles, a chimpanzee on stilts and another one on a toy horse, background blue with white stars, type white, yellow and red.
Dates
- Creation: c1920 - 1967
Creator
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
1 Item(s) ; 322mm x 759mm
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
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Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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