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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4479 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of Complimentary Tickets and Concession Vouchers for the Billy Smart's Circus, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.5
Scope and Contents

Various examples of Press passes, Coach Driver’s tickets, etc.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Collection of Movie Posters, c1960 - 1979

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 41: Series 178I24; Series 178N6; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.49
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1960 - 1979

Collection of Ticket Application Forms for Various Charity Performances of Billy Smart’s Circus, c1960 - 1969

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1960 - 1969

Colorado State Circus and Lion Show Poster, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.783
Scope and Contents

August Bank Holiday 4th' written in crayon, The Flying Cubans aerial trapeze, Rosie the clever pony, Jacko performing monkey, tightrope act, Young Maxim strongman, Major the horse, Rixie the pony, the Cuban troupe of performing dogs, The 3 Imps, Pat, Pip and Pep clowns, The Jumping Johnnies American trampoline acrobatics. Blue line drawings of a lion and a clown's head, background white, type blue and red. Left blank for adding location and date. Printed by Willsons, Printers, Leicester

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Colour Proof Print and Colour Gouache Paintings of Circus Performers and Circus Animals, 2002

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 52: Series 178V12; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178V12.6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Works of art collected by the Smart family.

Dates: 2002

Colour Proof Print of Car Racing, Black and Blue Pen and Ink Poster of a Race Car, Colour Gouache Painting of Stunt Cars and Circus Performers, 2002

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 52: Series 178V12; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178V12.5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Works of art collected by the Smart family.

Dates: 2002

Colour Proof Prints of Billy Smart's Circus at Battersea Park, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 52: Series 178V12; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178V12.10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Works of art collected by the Smart family.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Comic Cuts from the Past and The Pole Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 18: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.172
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Commemorative Dish with picture of Steam Engine 'Her Majesty' by Burrel 1897, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 41: Series 178I24; Series 178N6; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.33
Scope and Contents

Features stamp of Social Guild of Manny & Margaret, Yorkshire Showmen 1968-1969. Dish accompanied by a postcard to Harry, from Harry Wigfield 18th February 1995.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Compilation of Various Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.198
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Scenes from several commercial films. Includes; Jeff Chandler in 'Roman Chariots', Charles Chaplin in 'The Waiter', Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'What a Picnic' (extract from Perfect Day), and Bud Abbot and Lou Costello in 'Meet the Keystone Cops'. Also includes scenes of animals, a glamour girl and a rodeo.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.199
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from various films. Includes; 'Fatty’s Magic Pants', Giraffe and Elephant, Mr Richie Buys a Piano from 'Piano Movers' starring Charles Chaplin and Mack Swain, Snub Polland extract from'It’s a Gift', 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' starring Erroll Flynn, glamour girls, Mint a Dunfree, scenes of Deer and a Cheetah and Ben Turpin the Daredevil.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.201
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Mixed shorts. Includes; 'Bronco Billy and the Maid' starring G.M. Anderson. 'Wiggle your Ears' starring Little Rascals, Our Gang. Lupin o Lane and Wallace Lane extract from 'Be my King'. Chimp at Chessington Zoo, comic cuts in hot water, Tom Mix and girl, tiger in a jungle, a monkey in a tree and teh perils of Pauline.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.202
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.6mm, Warner Brothers. Black and white, silent. Commercial film extracts inbcluding Good Old Corn, Chessington Zoo, Hopalong Cassidy, Lion, The Cake Maker, Joe Cobb and Pete, Stunt Riding from Calgary Cowboy Stampede, George Michael Lion, Leopard Springing, Western Scenes, Chippy Chumps, and Laurel and Hardy Busy Bodies. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.204
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Universal Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from a variety of films. Includes; 'Winchester 73' starring Shelley Winters and Dan Dureya. Clyde Cook extract from 'The Misfit'. Victor McGladen as Dick Turpin. Harold Lloyd extract from 'Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as 'Tarzan'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy extract from 'Soup to Nuts' with Anita Garvin. Rudolph Valentino extract from 'Society Sensation'. Shorty the Chip extract from...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 1933

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.208
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Dixons. 300 Feet, Paramount Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'King of the Jungle' starring Buster Crabbe. 'Wireless Lizzie' starring Walter Hiers. Lupino Lane in' Movieland Mixup', Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box and 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.

Dates: 1933

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.209
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films including western Scenes, Uncle’s Tea Party, Heather Rose, Haunted Gainsborough, Ken Maynard, Sell it, Lovenest on Wheels, Two Girls, A Fishy Caveman Story, A Stone Age Romance, and Flying Elephants starring Harrions Marks, Ken Maynard, Heather Rose, Buster Keaton, Walter Long, and Laurel and Hardy. Also includes 'Spell it' by Stuart Wynn Jones and an extract featuring Lupino Lane.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.210
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charlie Rings the Bell from 'The Fireman' starring Charlie Chaplin. 'Cave Inn' starring Ralph Graves. Round 8 and finale of the World Featherweight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. 'Tarzan’s Hideout' starring Elmo Lincoln.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films and Animal Scenes Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.203
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 300 Feet. Chadwick Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'Kid Speed' starring Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy. 'The Range Busters' starring Cary ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John King and Ray ‘Alibi’ Terhure. 'The Rink' starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell. Woodenheads extract from 'Busy Bodies' starring Laurel and Hardy. Pack up your Troubles, Swiss Miss, Jitterbugs (parponus), and Saps at Sea...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films and Zoo Scenes Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.197
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In colour with sound including the Mad World of Mack Sennett, Chip the Fireman, Hopalong Cassidy, and Lion and Bear at Chessington, supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Complimentary Ticket for Billy Smart's New World Circus, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.24
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1900 - 2000