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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4588 Collections and/or Records:

Various Circus and Performers Hanbills, c1900 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178T40.96
Scope and Contents

Handbills for Barrett's Circus, Kit Carson with Winship and Sons Circus, Giffords Circus, Taiyaun Acrobatic Troupe, Billy Smart's Circus, Le Cirque Medrano, Circus of the Streets, Cirque Gruss, Circus Fratellini, The Moscow State Circus, Fossetts Circus, The Circus of Horrors, Royalles Circus, The Silver King and others

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Various Circus Calendars, 1974 - 2012

 File
Reference code: 178N5.3
Scope and Contents

Various circus calendars including Russian, Circus Bush and Circus Mondao and other calendards.

Dates: 1974 - 2012

Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.122
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films and circus films including Sawdust Ring, The Kids Last Fight, Togare and his Tigers, Days of Thrills and Laughter, Charlie the Busker, Bertram Mills Chimps, Leon I The Human Cannon Ball, Bertram Mills Clowns, Kill or Cure, and Jumbo’s Test Match. Includes Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Geo Rowe and John Gindl from Bertram Mills Circus Olympia, London.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.132
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Dupe print of all 4 films, possibly extracts including Clown Cavalcade, Here's the Circus, Circus Thrills, and Fun at the Circus. 'Clown Cavalcade' is a 50ft, Pathescope release. Includes London Olympia. 'Here's the Circus' features Bertram Mills by Movie Pak. 'Circus Thrills' features Bertram Mills by Peak/Walton. 'Fun at the Circus' features Bertram Mills by Movie Pak.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.123
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Extracts from films including Daring Horse Riders, Amazing Lion Act, Acrobats in Space,Daring Acts from the World, Poodles Motor Bike Ride, It’s the Circus, The Golf Nut, Little Boy Peeping at the Nude, and Goat and Little Boy. Includes Billy Bevan, Moscow State Circus, and Poodles Hanneford.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.129
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Black and white, silent. Includes Circus Today, Lion Water Ski Rid, Chimps Boxing, Its in the Balance, Moscow State Circus, and Peak and extracts from the Laurel & Hardy feature film ‘Circus Today’. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.133
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Scotch. Eugene Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Film extracts including Circus Thrills, Indian Elephant, Godiva Rides Again, High Wire Act, Motor Cycle Team, Chariot Racing, and Whispering Lions Whiskers and featuring Bertram Mills and James Parrott.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.135
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Includes 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman and Nero's Gladiators, Chessington Zoo Animals, Chimp Antics, and It's the Circus, which features Bertram Mills.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.140
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 250 feet. Silent, in colour. Includes Pompei Circus, Spanish Lipizzi and Horses, Circus Acts, Monkey-Go Round and Circus Boy. Pompei Circus features Roman chariot racing. Circus Boy starring Jerry Madden. Includes Emily Jannings.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.141
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Amateur footage possibly filmed by Noel Drewe including Sanger’s Memorial is at St John's cemetery, Margate. Sanger’s Sensational Bullfight at the Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead. Dave and Dusty at Lord Sanger's Circus is an extract from 'Broke Again'. Note on can reads "Pony in a field, Warner's End".

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, 1976 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.153
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe. Robert Brother's Posters filmed at Leighton Buzzard. Robert Brother's Circus, filmed at Kings Lynn, 1976. Hungarian State Circus, filmed at Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, 1989, and B.P. Site, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, 1990.

Dates: 1976 - 1990

Various Circuses' Promotional Newspapers, c1950 - 1989

 File
Reference code: 178I22.40
Scope and Contents

Various circuses' promotional newspapers including Circus Barlay, Gleich, Amar, Pinder, Cirque Rancy, Busch, Barum, Olympia, Chipperfield and Boswell and Wilkie, containing images and text including an article on the Chinese National Circus.

Dates: c1950 - 1989

Various Dinner Invitations, 1959 - 1970

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.16
Scope and Contents

Variety Club Dinner invitations 1959, 1960, 1962, 1970, and Thalia Mason’s lodge dinner 1966.

Dates: 1959 - 1970

Various Documents Belonging to Hans Brick, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178Z50.30
Scope and Contents

Three fold taxidermist catalogue with list of merchandise, illustrations, black and white photographs and prices, business cards including Has Brick's, a christmas pamphlet from French circuses to other circuses, a visitor's guide for Craigend Castle Zoological and Botanical Park, in English, French and German

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Various Items, c1800 - 2019

 Series
Reference code: 178Z50
Scope and Contents

A range of circus related items related to Hassan Ali, Adha Issacs Menken, Barnum and Bailey, funeral items, illustrations of circus parades, circus tickets, discount vouchers and booking forms, circus themed stickers, famous clown clay models, circus themed jigsaw puzzles, circus model figures, comics books and children's books, Circus Friends Association related material, Montecarlo Circus Festival related items, Jesse Fossett's throwing knives and other items.

Dates: c1800 - 2019

Various Items from Disneyland, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.14
Scope and Contents

An envelope containing two maps from Disneyland Magic Kingdom in Anaheim, California, one children menu from Red Wagon Restaurant, one paper bag from the Taylor & Hume Disneyland Hotel, and one Disneyland blue cardboard bib.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Various Items of Circus Ephemera, c1925-1900s

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178Z50.72
Scope and Contents Various circus and travelling related items including Jacko Fossett letter headed paper, Old Showmen's Heaven booklet, Christmas greetings, tickets for various circuses, the Circus Girl musical play booklet, The Philip Astley project information pack, Circophile International circular, Barcelona International Circus Fans information pack, booking forms, discount tickets, Cody's Circus material including a song booklet, Funny Jokes and Poems by Spuds the clown, Knie pin badge, Pinder's Circus...
Dates: c1925-1900s

Various Items of Correpondence, 1966 - 1980

 File
Reference code: 178F31.8
Scope and Contents

Various items of correspondence including Christmas greetings and letters. Most greeting cards have circus illustrations. Also a letter from Willson's Show Printers to the Pinder Family with a business quote.

Dates: 1966 - 1980

Various Items of Ephemera, c1800 - 2016

 Series
Reference code: 178Z64
Scope and Contents

Various items related to George Walter Poole, Wilton's Music Hall, Henry James Mayer, Alexander Billington, James Upton Printers, Gompertz's panorama show, Poole's Myriorama and Diorama shows and Messrs Strange and Wilson Ghost show. Also includes a theatrical clock with two figures on the sides attracting customers.

Dates: c1800 - 2016

Various Items of Ephemera, c1970 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178Z34
Scope and Contents

Various items of circus and film production ephemera.

Dates: c1970 - 1979