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Violet Bartram Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.
Dates:
c1902 - 1953
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
World's Fair Newspaper Collection
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0085
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the complete run of The World's Fair Newspaper from 1904 to the present day. Including microfilmed copies from 1904 to 1950.
Dates:
1904 - 2020
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
Filtered By
- Subject: Animals X
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- Subject
- Performers 38
- Circus 36
- Showman 25
- Showwoman 20
- Animal trainers 19
- Clowning 18
- Variety 18
- Fairs 17
- Business 16
- Family 15
- Music-halls 15
- Sideshows 15
- Amusement rides 13
- Transport 13
- Wild west 13
- Acrobats 12
- Aerialists 12
- Comedians 11
- Jugglers 11
- Magic 11
- Musical performances 10
- Dance 9
- Equestrians 9
- Freak shows 9
- Singing 9
- World War, 1939-1945 9
- Dwarfs (Persons) 8
- Motion pictures 8
- Pantomime 8
- World War, 1914-1918 8
- Amusement parks 7
- Boxing 7
- Caravans 7
- Skating 7
- Strong men 7
- Fairground art 6
- Menageries 6
- Zoos 6
- Contortionists 5
- Exhibitions 5
- Fakirs 5
- Fire eating 5
- Knife throwing 5
- Musicians 5
- Pleasure gardens 5
- Puppets 5
- Travel 5
- Ventriloquists 5
- Gymnasts 4
- Minstrel shows 4
- Ringmaster 4
- War 4
- Wrestling 4
- Circus workers 3
- Games 3
- Giants 3
- Male impersonators 3
- Optical illusions 3
- South African War, 1899-1902 3
- Tableaux vivants 3
- Wall of death 3
- Big wheel 2
- Diving 2
- Dodgems 2
- Escape artists 2
- Music 2
- Pierrot 2
- Roller coasters 2
- Shooting 2
- Trampolinists 2
- Vending stands 2
- Anglo-Afghan Wars 1
- Anglo-Burmese War, 3rd, 1885 1
- Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882 1
- Ark 1
- Art 1
- Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901) 1
- Chairoplanes 1
- Engineering 1
- Fat people 1
- Female impersonators 1
- Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 1
- Fun house 1
- Ghost train 1
- Globe of death 1
- Human cannonball 1
- Law 1
- Log flume 1
- Meteorite 1
- Mimes 1
- Octopus 1
- Ringmistress 1
- Satellite 1
- Strong women 1
- Stunt performers 1
- Sword swallowing 1
- Tattooing 1
- Thin people 1
- Twist 1 + ∧ less
- Language
- German 9
- French 8
- Dutch; Flemish 4
- Italian 3
- Russian 3
- Spanish; Castilian 3
- Chinese 2
- Danish 2
- Portuguese 2
- Swedish 2
- French 1
- German 1
- Italian 1
- Arabic 1
- Czech 1
- Finnish 1
- Hungarian 1
- Japanese 1
- Norwegian Nynorsk; Nynorsk, Norwegian 1
- Polish 1
- Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 7
- Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 6
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 5
- Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 5
- Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 4
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 4
- Circus Krone (Established 1905) 4
- Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
- Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 4
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 4
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 4
- Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 4
- Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 3
- Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 3
- Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 3
- Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 3
- Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 3
- Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 3
- Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 3
- Circus Knie (Established 1803) 3
- Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 3
- Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 3
- Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 3
- Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 3
- Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 3
- Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 3
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 3
- Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 3
- Jolson, Al, c1886 - 1950 3
- Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 3
- Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 3
- The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 3
- The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain (Established 1889) 3
- W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 3
- World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 3
- Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2
- Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 2
- Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2
- Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 2
- Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 2
- Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 2
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2
- Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2
- Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 2
- Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 2
- Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 2
- Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 2
- Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 2
- Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 2
- Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 2
- Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 2
- Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 2
- Collins, Pat (Patrick), 1859 - 1943 2
- Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 2
- David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2
- Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2
- Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2
- Electric (Modern) Printing Company (c1930 - 1991) 2
- Fisher, Hal, 1909 - 2002 2
- Forde, Florrie, 1875 - 1940 2
- Friendship Circle of Showland Fans. (FCSF) (c1940 - 1969) 2
- Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 2
- Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 2
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2
- Hall by the Sea (1870 - 1919) 2
- Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2
- Holland Amusements (Initiated c1870) 2
- International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 2
- J.W. Shaw Amusements (Initiated c1860 - 1889) 2
- Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 2
- Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2
- Jonsson, Harder, 1912 - 1979 2
- Karno, Fred, 1866 - 1941 2
- King, Hetty, 1883 - 1972 2
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 2
- Koringa, 1913 - 1976 2
- Leno, Dan, 1860 - 1904 2
- Ling Soo, Chung, 1861 - 1918 2
- Ling's Family Amusements (Initiated c1850 - 1859) 2
- Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 2
- Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2
- Olympia London (Established 1886) 2
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) 2
- Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 2
- Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2
- Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832 - 1914 2
- Rogana, Born 1933 2
- Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2
- Shufflebottom Family, c1870 - 1998 2
- Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2
- Stars in der Manege (1959 - 2008) 2
- Taylor's Printers, Wombwell, Yorks (Established c1890) 2
- Thames Television (Established 1968) 2
- The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 2
- The Kursaal (1894 - 2020) 2
- The London Palladium (Established 1910) 2
- Tilley, Vesta, 1864 - 1952 2
- Toulmin, Vanessa, Professor, Born 1967 2
- Victoria, Vesta, 1873 - 1951 2 + ∧ less
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