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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Gandey’s Traditional Christmas Circus Poster, 27 December - 8 January c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.78
Scope and Contents

Halifax Piece Hall. Clown illustration and red and green type on yellow background with holly border.

Dates: 27 December - 8 January c1970 - 1979

Gandey’s Traditional Christmas Circus Poster, 27 December - 8 January c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.79
Scope and Contents

Halifax Piece Hall. Clown illustration and red and green type on yellow background with holly border.

Dates: 27 December - 8 January c1970 - 1979

Gandey’s Traditional Christmas Circus Poster, 26 December - 6 January c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.80
Scope and Contents

Bolton. Clown illustration and red and green type on yellow background with holly border.

Dates: 26 December - 6 January c1970 - 1979

Gandey’s Traditional Christmas Circus Poster, 26 December - 6 January c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.81
Scope and Contents

Bolton. Clown illustration and red and green type on yellow background with holly border.

Dates: 26 December - 6 January c1970 - 1979

Joe Gandey Present Circus International Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.59
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Running Fox and Juanata Apache Fire Rituals, Cusicks continental comedy cocktails, Jacqueline trapeze artist. Yellow, red and blue type on white background with photos.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Joe Gandey's Circus Presentations Poster, 1970

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.30
Scope and Contents

English Single Most Circus International, Featuring Granada Television Documentary, Delmarrs Equilibrists, Trevor Doolottle acrobatic, comedy and juggling, Cheeko minute Trick Pony, Caprice Alpine Goat, Billy Diamond and Sioux City Sue Knife Throwing, Prince Kahn And Co., Running fox and Juanita Apache Fire Rituals.

Dates: 1970

Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks, 1838 - 2007

 Series
Reference code: 178G21
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1838 - 2007

Noel Drewe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0058
Scope and Contents

A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.

Dates: c1930 - 1990

Oversize Circus Poster Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1970 - 1979

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.800-805
Scope and Contents

Circus posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Oversize Mixed Posters Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1970 - 1979

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.650-679
Scope and Contents

Posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell including variety and music hall, fairgrounds and circus.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Photographs and Postcards, c1800 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178C108
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1800 - 1999

Posters, c1937 - 1989

 Series
Reference code: 178R11
Scope and Contents

A collection of posters printed by Taylor's of Wombwell for music hall and variety, circus, pantomime and fairgrounds.

Dates: c1937 - 1989

Posters, c1887 - 2010

 Series
Reference code: 178R27
Scope and Contents

Circus, variety, pantomime and magic posters including Argyle theatre, Liverpool Empire, Blackpool Tower Circus, Robert Brothers, Austen Brothers, Sorcar, Vesta Tilley, Ken Dodd, Dan Leno, Florrie Forde and others.

Dates: c1887 - 2010

Programmes, c1800 - 2019

 Series
Reference code: 178K43
Scope and Contents

A collection of mainly British and international circus programmes and some variety and music hall programmes containing circus acts.

Dates: c1800 - 2019

Scrapbook of Multiple Circuses, 1979 - 1982

 Item
Reference code: 178G21.45
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, relating to multiple circuses and acts including James Brothers, Belle Vue and Gandey's, 36p.p.

Dates: 1979 - 1982

Scrapbook of Multiple Circuses, 1986 - 1987

 Item
Reference code: 178G21.70
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, relating to multiple circuses and acts including Cross Brothers, Gandey's Circus and Chipperfield's, 40p.p.

Dates: 1986 - 1987

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

Various Items of Trade and Advertising, c1950 - 1985

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178I22.38
Scope and Contents Trade and advertising material from various circuses including souvenir guides from Pinders, The Moscow State Circus, Blackpool Tower, Cirque Berserk, Gandey's Circus 50th anniversary tour, The London Coliseum, Cirque Eloize, Russell's International Circus, Mongolian State Circus, Nederlands Nationaal Circus, Big Kid Circus, John Lawson's Circus and Gerry Cottle's Circus and a range of other pamphlets advertising Astley's Astounding Adventures, Treff Punkt, Americana The Tent Show Circus,...
Dates: c1950 - 1985

Various Newspapers and Newspaper Cuttings, 1927 - 2007

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178G21.1
Scope and Contents Newspapers and newspaper cuttings relating to circus news and performers, including the Sunday Mercury Special, The Evening Mail, Circus News Illustrated, Late Circus News Flashes, Leisure Life, The World's Fair, Danmark Kina, Soviet Weekly,The Advertiser, The Yorkshire Herald, The Yorkshire Post, The Sun, The Guardian and other main stream newspapers, including articles on Norman Barrett, Boswell Circus, Coco, Bertram Mills Circus, Belle Vue, Barrett's Circus, Robert Gandey's Circus Chinese...
Dates: 1927 - 2007