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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4357 Collections and/or Records:

Ducrow's Benefit Poster, 7 September 1829

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.24
Scope and Contents

Bonaparte's Passage of the Great St. Bernard, panoramic drama, Mr. Ducrow's enactment of the Venetian Statue, Mr. Ducrow and Miss Woolford double tightrope act, St. George and the Dragon, Miss Woolford equestrian act, Herr Adolphe Berg equestrian act, Liberty or the Flight of the Saracens, Messrs. J. Ducrow, Lloyd and MacDonald clowns, Messrs. Yates and Widdicomb equestrian act, Cataract of the Ganges. Black type on off white background.

Dates: 7 September 1829

Ducrow's Royal Amphitheatre Poster, Monday 26 October - Wednesday 28 October 1829

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.28
Scope and Contents The Union of the Nations, Master Brown as The Young Lancer and his Charger, The Countess of Lilliput, My Grandmother on Horseback, The Roman Galdiator, The Flight of Mercury, Greek Soldier, Fairy Horses, Mock Combat, Miss Woolford and Master Bridges on the elastic cord, Madamoiselle Lucie de Franconi, The Enebriated Huzzar, Yorkshire Sportsman and his Bareback Hunters. Black type on off white background with illustration of male rider standing on two horses while jumping an obstacle on top...
Dates: Monday 26 October - Wednesday 28 October 1829

Duffy's Ireland's Premier Circus Poster, c1980 - 1989

 Item
Reference code: 178R27.35
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of human cannonball. Left blank for overprinting location and date.

Dates: c1980 - 1989

Duffy's Safari Circus Poster, c1980 - 1989

 Item
Reference code: 178R27.54
Scope and Contents

Ireland. Colour illustration of clown face and animals. Left blank for overprinting location and date.

Dates: c1980 - 1989

Duke of York's Programme, 1985

 Item
Reference code: 178K27.103
Scope and Contents

London. Stepping Out by Richard Harris, Amanda Barrie, Lynda Baron, Shelia Ballantine and others. Contains illustrations and photographs of the acts, 32p.p.

Dates: 1985

Duke of York’s Theatre Poster, 23 January c1910 - 1923

 Item
Reference code: 178R36.8
Scope and Contents

Preston Circus Brighton, Ben Jackson, in banjo tricks and banjo comedy, Nellie Delahey, soprano vocalist, Harlow Cleveland, vocalist (late of Mr. Geo, Edwards’s 'Merry Widow Co'). Blue type on white background.

Dates: 23 January c1910 - 1923

Duo Sidelnikov Film, c1962 - 1993

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 17: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.164
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL.

Dates: c1962 - 1993

Durrant's Press Cuttings, 1930 - 1955

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178G21.98
Scope and Contents A collection of newspaper cuttings of circus articles mostly provided by Durrant's Press Cuttings from a range of sources including; North Mail and Newcastle Chronicle, News Chronicle, Cork Examiner, Empire News, Midland Daily Telegraph, Sunday Dispatch, Pearson's Weekly, Nottingham Evening Post, The Listener and other mainstream newspapers on a range of topics including Bertram Mills, wild animals, Pricilla Kayes, Koringa, The Hagenbecks, Blondin, Paulo Circus family, Togare, Grimaldi,...
Dates: 1930 - 1955

Dwarf and Fairy Handbill, c1800 - 1899

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 2: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.243
Scope and Contents

Mr and Miss Shaw, Huddersfield. See and believe from 10 'till 9. Advertising card for midget couple from West Riding.

Dates: c1800 - 1899

Dystopian Wonder Show Business Records, c2010

 Sub-Series — Box Marisa Carnesky Box 3: Series 178H39; Series 178Z29
Reference code: 178H39.233
Scope and Contents

Contains descriptions of the show, biographies, audience organ donation forms upon death, custome information, stage requirements and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: c2010

E H Bostock's Grand International Circus Poster, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.723
Scope and Contents

The Four Mexicans, lasso throwing and whip manipulating. Colour illustration of four horseback riders, one catching a bull with a rope, one chasing a bull with a whip, one catching a horse with a lasso and one about to throw a giant lasso, background yellow, type red and black

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Early Circus Programmes, c1800 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K43.1-28
Scope and Contents

Early British circus and variety programmes including Astley's, Batty's and Lord George Sanger's circus.

Dates: c1800 - 1999

Eclat 95: 10e Festival Europeen de Théâtre de Rue d'Aurillac: Catalogue des Compagnies, 1995

 Item
Reference code: 178K48.7
Scope and Contents

Aurillac, France. Red, white and black type on a black and white background with a grey number 10 and illustration of a man on the cover, inside an introduction to the Aurillac street theatre festival, with black and white photos and descriptions of each act in alphabetical order and some handwritten notes on the spine and the inside pages, and an index at the back, featuring Skinning the Cat on page 96, 120pp.

Dates: 1995

Eden Court Inverness Poster, 25 - 26 March 1980

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.161
Scope and Contents

‘An Evening with Al Jolson and Friends’ portrayed by Steve King with Marigold Sisters, Lee Sheraton, Beryl Johnson, Reed Delroy and Duggie Chapman. Red and black type on yellow background.

Dates: 25 - 26 March 1980

Eden Court Theatre Inverness Poster, Monday 31 January 1977

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.206
Scope and Contents

Bruce Trent in ‘Those Golden Years of Music Hall’ with all star company. Red, blue and black with curtains.

Dates: Monday 31 January 1977

Edinburgh Art Festival Commissions Programme 2018, 2018

 Item — Box Marisa Carnesky Box 11: Series 178K29
Reference code: 178K29.17
Scope and Contents

Programme describing art exhibitions and their creators, primarily focused on the visual artist Ruth Ewan and her work Sympathetic Magick.

Dates: 2018

Edinburgh International Chrismast Circus Poster, c1940 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.390
Scope and Contents Leith Theatre, 16 December to 8 January. Bengal tigers, high school horses, Les Jontonias, The Magnificent Gerone, The Three Buffoons, international clowns, canine equestrians, The Great Sebastian, Skippy the boxing kangaroo, The Ringo Kid, Indian elephants. Title on black and white and yellow type over a red background with small colour illustrations of circus acts on the top section and black type on white background on the centre with colour illustrations of tiges and elephants and some...
Dates: c1940 - 1999

Edison Family Theatre Poster, 2 October c1910 - 1923

 Item
Reference code: 178R36.4
Scope and Contents

Farmer Jones and his musical pigs, Mother Jones and her family of barnyard fowls, Ben Jackson, musical act. Black type on greenish paper and photographs of the acts. Printed by Stamp Works print.

Dates: 2 October c1910 - 1923

Edwin Hicks Show Poster, 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.611
Scope and Contents

Laugh Inn, South Pier, Blackpool. Edwin Hicks, The Advert Game, Miss Mini-World. Red and black type on white background with illustration.

Dates: 1969

Edwin Hicks Show Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.659
Scope and Contents

Miss Mini-World, Model Child. Hop on for the Penthouse Sunspot, Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Blue and red type on white background and illustration.

Dates: c1970 - 1979