Trade and Advertising Material, c1900 - 1999
Scope and Contents
A range of items of promotion and advertising from a range of circus companies and performers, including artistes' photographs with act descriptions used for seeking employment in circuses and pamphlets advertising independent performances and circus companies' literature and souvenirs for public distribution and promotion including Gerry Cottle's Circus, Belle Vue, Blackpool Tower, Bertram Mills Circus, Gandey's, Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, Knie and many more.
Dates
- Creation: c1900 - 1999
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) (Organisation)
- Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) (Organisation)
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) (Organisation)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) (Organisation)
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) (Organisation)
- Circus Knie (Established 1803) (Organisation)
- Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) (Organisation)
- Van Buren, Fred, Born c1930 (Person)
- Temple, Lindsay, 1923 - 2003 (Circus enthusiast) (Person)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- The Great Carmo, 1881 - 1944 (Person)
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) (Organisation)
- Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) (Organisation)
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) (Organisation)
- Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 (Person)
- Circus Knie (Established 1803) (Organisation)
- Circus Pinder (Established 1854) (Organisation)
- Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) (Organisation)
- Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) (Organisation)
- Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) (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
269 Item(s) (268 individual items and 1 box containing multiple items)
Language of Materials
English
French
Russian
Italian
German
Dutch; Flemish
Czech
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Subject
- Rogana, Born 1933 (Person)
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
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