Showwoman
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Billy Smart's Circus Poster, 9 - 11 June 1966
Cheltenham, Sandford Mill Road/Old Bath Road. Colour illustration of bust of Billy Smart wearing hat and bow tie and holding a cigar with circus ring scene on the background showing wild west act.
Billy Smart's Circus This is My Life Poster, c1946 - 1999
Colour illustration of Billy Smart in cowboy hat holding a cigar on his right hand, wearing his signature white shirt and stripey brown waistcoat. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd Bradford.
Circus Family Trees and Brief History Research Material, c1900 - 1999
Booklets containing family trees and biographical information by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas), in English and French. Manuscript.
Circus Friends Association Collection
This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses
Durrant's Press Cuttings, 1930 - 1955
Essays on Various Topics Research Material, c1900 - 1999
Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material, c1795 - 1999
Compilation of monographs, articles, manuscripts and a range of research material about circus companies and performers in the United Kingdom, Europe and other parts of the world by various authors, the research was mainly compiled by Hal Thomas.
National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection
Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting
Newspaper and Magazine Cuttings on Circus, 1897 - 2005
Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks, 1838 - 2007
A collection of newspaper cuttings on circus, circus proprietors and performers and scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, posters, programmes and other items of ephemera, covering mainly British circuses and venues such as Belle Vue and also some international circuses.
Photographs and Postcards, c1800 - 1999
Black and white and colour photographs, negatives and photographic albums mainly containing images of British circus, circus performers, animals and circus personalities but also some menageries such as Bostock and Wombwell and other associated entertainments and non-British circuses taken by David Jamieson, Lindsay Temple, Den Curtis, Capt. Middleton, Jack Niblett and other photographers.
Posters, c1800 - 2011
A wide range of British and international circus and menagerie posters ranging from the 19th to the 21st century including Astley's Amphitheatre, Pablo Fanque, Polito, Bostock and Wombwell, Ducrow, Cooke, Hengler, Sanger, Smart, Gerry Cottle, Bertram Mills, Chipperfield's, Robert Brothers, Fossett, Blackpool Tower, Billy Russell, Belle Vue, Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Austen Brothers and many more.
Research Material on Circus Dynasties, c1900 - 1999
Notebooks on Continental and non-European circus dynasties containing family trees and some biographical information by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas). Manuscript.
Sanger Family Research Material, 1878 - 1999
Includes a route booklet by R. Archer for the George Sanger's Grand Circus and Menagerie tour of Europe in 1878 and photocopies of programmes, photographs, newspaper cuttings, a letter and a Sanger family tree.