Circus Photographs, 1910 - 1964
Scope and Contents
Black and white and some colour photographs of circus scenes, animals, people and personalities including; Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Dame Laura Knight, Bertram Mills, Cyril Mills, Winston Churchill, Coco, Whimsical Walker, A. Pearson equestrian director at Bertram Mills Circus, Percy Huxter, Lulu Adams, Cissie Rosaire, Aubry Rosaire and Zena Rosaire, also Rosaire Circus, Bertam Mills Circus, Tom Arnold's Circus, Ginnett's and Fossett's Circus and a large Barnum shows photograph taken by various people including; Capt. Middleton and Jack Niblett.
Dates
- Creation: 1910 - 1964
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) (Organisation)
- Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) (Organisation)
- Niblett, Jack, 1909 - 1990 (Person)
- 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
197 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 (Person)
- Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 (Person)
- Mills, Bertram, 1873 - 1938 (Person)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Whimsical Walker, 1851 - 1934 (Person)
- Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 (Person)
- Adams, Lulu (Louise), c1900 - 1989 (Person)
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) (Organisation)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
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