Photographs and Postcards, c1800 - 1999
Series
Reference code: 178C108
Scope and Contents
Black and white and colour photographs, negatives and photographic albums mainly containing images of British circus, circus performers, animals and circus personalities but also some menageries such as Bostock and Wombwell and other associated entertainments and non-British circuses taken by David Jamieson, Lindsay Temple, Den Curtis, Capt. Middleton, Jack Niblett and other photographers.
Dates
- Creation: c1800 - 1999
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 (Person)
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 (Person)
- Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 (Person)
- Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) (Organisation)
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) (Organisation)
- Niblett, Jack, 1909 - 1990 (Person)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) (Organisation)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) (Organisation)
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) (Organisation)
- Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) (Organisation)
- International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) (Organisation)
- Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 (Person)
- Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) (Organisation)
- Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 (Person)
- Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 (Person)
- Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
- Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) (Organisation)
- Temple, Lindsay, 1923 - 2003 (Circus enthusiast) (Person)
- The Great Carmo, 1881 - 1944 (Person)
- The Great Carmo's Circus and Menagerie (1927 - 1937) (Organisation)
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
- Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) (Organisation)
- Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) (Organisation)
- Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) (Organisation)
- Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) (Organisation)
- Circus Krone (Established 1905) (Organisation)
- Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) (Organisation)
- Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 (Person)
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
5337 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
German
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) (Organisation)
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 (Person)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 (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