Zoos

Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: NFCA use for zoos and zoological gardens

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Circus Friends Association Collection

Fonds

Reference code: NFA0122

Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1795 - 2020

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Trade and Advertising Material, c1900 - 1999

Series

Reference code: 178I22

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: c1900 - 1999

Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

More about 'Zoos'

Subject Term Type

Cultural context: Zoos

Filtered By

Names: Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) X

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Type: Archival Object 1; Collection 1
Names: Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 1; Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1; Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1; Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1; Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1; Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 1; Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1; Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1; Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1; Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1; Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1; Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1; Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1; Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1; Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1; Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1; Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1; Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1; Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1; Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1; Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1; Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 1; Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1; Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1; Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1; Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1; Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 1; Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 1; Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1; Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1; Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1; Circus Krone (Established 1905) 1; Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1; Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1; Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1; Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1; Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 1; Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1; Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1; Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1; Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 1; Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1; Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1; Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 1; David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 1; Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1; Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 1; Doodles, c1877 - 1967 1; Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 1; Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1; Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1; Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) 1; Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 1; Giffords Circus (Established 2000) 1; Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 1; Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 1; Hassan, Ali, Born c1876 1; Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 1; Horn, Rudy, 1933 - 2018 1; Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 1; International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) 1; Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 1; Jay Miller's Circus (Established 1986) 1; Jay, Peter, Born 1944 1; Kayes, Priscilla, c1904 - 1994 1; Keith, Charlie, 1836 - 1895 1; Kelvin Hall (Established 1918) 1; Kiralfy, Imre, 1845 - 1919 1; Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877 - 1970 1; Koringa, 1913 - 1976 1; Lockhart, George (1883-1979) 1; London Hippodrome (Established 1900) 1; Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1; Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 1; Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835 - 1868 1; Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 1; Mooky the Clown, Born 1974 1

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