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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5063 Collections and/or Records:

Circus Spectacular Vinyl Album, 1967

 Item
Reference code: 178E16.1
Scope and Contents

Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus Spectacular directed by Merle Evans, mono LK 4870 with colour photograph of clown's face on the front of the cover sleeve.

Dates: 1967

Circus Spell Binders and Rings Around the World Films, c1965 - 179

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.82
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. 300 feet, 20 minutes long. Includes Bertram Mills Circus. Silent. Sound strip. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1965 - 179

Circus Spell Binders and Three Comedy Short Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.91
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Grasso. Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Possible soundtrack. Label on the side of the box reads 'Mixture..'. Possible compilation that includes Circus Spell Binders. However, it is on a 'std 8mm' label and may have been left on buy mistake. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Circus Spell Binders Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 5: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.34
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, Pathe. Castle Films, Produced by United World Films Inc. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Circus Spell Binders Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.62
Scope and Contents

16mm. 400 feet, 11 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes USA circus. Date stock could mean 1945 or 1965. Copied to DVD 1 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Circus Strassburger Poster, c1900 - 2019

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 51: Series 178H21; Series 178M17; Series 178R7
Reference code: 178R7.34
Scope and Contents

Named acts include: Regina, Ellyen Karel Strassburger; De Jonghe-Freres, clowns; 2 Wilco's; Borra; Pipo en Rhum, clown; Lai Foun's; 3 Arizona's, juggling act; Karel Strassburger; Polly Orea; Mr Williams, animal act; 3 Vikings, trapeze act; Erika Wyss, John Kok. Colour illustration of Father Christmas holding a Christmas tree and presents with the performers names on them on a ciyscape at night.

Dates: c1900 - 2019

Circus Suckers and The Greatest Show On Earth Parts 1 and 2 Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.83
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. 350 feet, 23 minutes long. Includes W.C. Fields.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Circus Supreme Poster, Tuesday 21 - Wednesday 22 May 1946

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1233
Scope and Contents

Tuckwells Field, Oxford. Manya's Shetland ponies, Locarno's pigeons and dogs, Jane monkey, Miss Margaret balancing act, Rough and Ready, Taran comedy act, Yolande contorsionist act, Christine equestrian act, Lio Hoi Tsehn, The Konyots acrobatic comedy act, Myrtle equestrian act, Miss Violette, Java pony, Sandow Sisters trapeze and aerial act. Red and blue type on off white background

Dates: Tuesday 21 - Wednesday 22 May 1946

Circus Tent and People Photograph, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.120
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a stripy circus tent with some boys and girls around it.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Circus Tent Painting, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.27
Scope and Contents

Oil on canvas painting of circus tent in a landscape with living wagons on the side, signed by Jack Niblett, on reverse painting of farm yard.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Circus Tent Painting, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.26
Scope and Contents

Oil on canvas painting of white circus tent surrounded by lorries, horses and people in a landscape, signed by Jack Niblett, on reverse painting of female nude.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Circus Themed Artwork Relate Material, 1963-1975

 File
Reference code: 178Z50.35
Scope and Contents

Art exhibition catalogues for Clifford Hall and Les Expositions D'ete au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, with list of artworks and some images, in French and English, postcards containing circus art images by various artists, including Dame Laura Knight and Picasso and two loose pages containing circus themed artworks and calendar page

Dates: 1963-1975

Circus Themed Prints, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178V11.52
Scope and Contents

Colour and black and white reproductions of circus themed artworks featuring equestrian acts and clowns.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Circus Themed Watercolours, 1945 - 1960

 File
Reference code: 178V11.57
Scope and Contents

Pen and ink and watercolour. Group of watercolours of circus tents and transport, including Fossett's, Rosaire, Reaneys, Reco Bros. Robert Bros., Chipperfields and Billy Smart.

Dates: 1945 - 1960

Circus Thrills Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 3: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.19
Scope and Contents

16mm, Agfa. 4 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. Includes Bertram Mills Circus. Clapham Park Films Studios. Copied on DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Circus Thrills Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.148
Scope and Contents

8mm, Castle Films. Black and white, with Sound. Complete edition. Includes Great Acts of the Centre Ring. Contains the Castle Film catalogue. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Circus Time Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 5: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.32
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, a Novascope Film Release. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Bertram Mills Circus, footage from ‘It’s the Circus’ parts 1 and 2, and ‘Circus Thrills’.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Circus Time Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 6: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.39
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Cyldon. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Bertram Mills Circus, footage from ‘It’s the Circus’ parts 1 and 2 and ‘Circus Thrills’. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Circus Train Scene Print, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.74
Scope and Contents

A black and white print of trains heading towards a very large circus tent and animals being unloaded with the head of a horse and a woman on the left hand side and an elephant and clown on the right and red and yellow corner decorations by Kay Goff.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Circus Training Schedules, 1998

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 11: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.65
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Business records related to the Smart family and Smart circus.

Dates: 1998