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Animals

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1222 Collections and/or Records:

Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.96
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Dates: c1936 - 1950

Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.99
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume doing a trick on the back of a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Dates: c1936 - 1950

Watercolour of Philip Astley, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178V15.2
Scope and Contents

Black and white watercolour of a man on a black horse, inscription on reverse reads Philip Astley, stuck to card.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.803
Scope and Contents

Elephants, lions, bears, monkeys, llamas, coloured donkeys, Shetland ponies. Red and blue type on yellow background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.70
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Patricia Solo trapeze, Jose aerial Aquarius etc. Red blue and yellow type on white background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.71
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Patricia Solo trapeze, Jose aerial Aquarius etc. Red blue and yellow type on white background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.72
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Black, red and yellow clown illustration, type in purple.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

West Midlands Safari Park Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 8: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.56
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Celolite 400, Cinematograph Engineering Ltd., London. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Colour with sound. Leader also titled 'Stop, Look & Listen'.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Whispering Lions Film, 1925

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.195
Scope and Contents

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and White, Silent. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: 1925

Whispering Lions Film, 1925

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.275
Scope and Contents

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 175 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film starring James Parrot and Jolyn Ralston.

Dates: 1925

William Gilbert's Circus Programmes, 1951 - 1966

 File
Reference code: 178K43.666
Scope and Contents

Programmes for William Gilbert's Circus and Gilbert's International Circus containing monochrome illustrations of equestrian act, text and dancing scene on the front cover, inside programme and some commercial advertising.

Dates: 1951 - 1966

Windsor Magazine Articles, c1895 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178G25.5
Scope and Contents

Cuttings from Windsor Magazine: Fenwick, A J, Travelling shows & Branch, C E, on animals entitled. Do animals reason?, 10p.p.

Dates: c1895 - 1939

Wing, Claw and Fang Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.17
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathe, Kodascope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Silent. Includes USA Circus. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

With Love and Hisses, Cavemen, Double Whoopee, and Let Em Rip Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.253
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 1050 feet. Silent, in Colour. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'With Love and Hisses' and 'Let Em Rip'. Laurel and Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Cavemen'. Laurel and Hardy and Jean Harlow in 'Double Whoope'. Also features of animals from Flamingoland.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

With Love and Hisses, The Redskins Attack, Stage Coach, Feast of Ishitar, Destry, and Dog Heaven Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.263
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 300 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy in Travelling Companions scene from 'With Love and Hisses'. James Ellison in 'The Redskins Attack'. Tom Mix and Tony in 'Destry'. Pete and Our Gang in 'Dog Heaven'. Also features skeleton dance, King of the Jungle, animal scenes from Kruger Park South Africa, elephants from Chessington Park, Elmo Lincoln with elephant (in...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

Woman with Snake, c1920 - 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178C83.217
Scope and Contents

Woman with snake, possibly Louise Craston.

Dates: c1920 - 1930

Wombwell's and Bailey's New York Circus Programme, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.606
Scope and Contents

Brown and gold illustrations on off white background showing planet earth, wild animals on the right, people on the left, including African warrior and man in unifor and portrait of George Wombwell on top left corner on the front cover, inside programme, on back cover bird's eye view of Wombwell's menagerie tents and crowds of people, 2p.p.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

World's Fair!! Christmas and New Year’s Carnival Handbill, 22 December 1883

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.163
Scope and Contents

Bostock and Wombwell’s Splendid Menagerie at Royal Agricultural Hall. World Famed Temple of the Dram. Printed by Geo. Stevens, Steam Printer, 87 Commercial Road, E., and Adelaide Buildings, London Bridge, 2pp.

Dates: 22 December 1883

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. Issues from 1904 to 1950 are on microfilm.

Dates: 1904 - 2020

World's Fair Poster, c1800 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.11
Scope and Contents

Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, open 23rd December till 12th February. Black and white photograph of a horse with extremely long hair on both mane and tail with black type around it advertising Linus, the world's wonder born at Oregon, U.S.A. The only double maned horse in existence. Printed by Sam Lightgow, Art and Decorative Show Printer, 79 Surrey Street, Glasgow.

Dates: c1800 - 1899