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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:

Peter Jay's Superdrome Circus Programme, 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.330
Scope and Contents

Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Colour photograph of circus ring and curtain with neon sign above reading Peter Jay's Superdrome Circus and performers waiving underneath on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Dates: 1992

Peter Jays's International Circus Programme, 1994

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 44: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.55
Scope and Contents

The item is a folded up poster. Front Side: various photographs of circus performers. Inside: programme in the centre, information about the circus with drawings of a clown, white horses and two female circus performers. Back Side: advertisements for other performers. 1 page.

Dates: 1994

Peter Jolly's Animal Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1240
Scope and Contents

Appleby-in-Westmorland, Wednesday 13 to Sunday 17 July. Black type on yellow background listing a range of performing animals and other circus acts including Eastern magic

Dates: c1950-1999

Peter Spier's Circus Print, 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178V11.75
Scope and Contents

Colour print of two circus tents in a field, the tent on the foreground is open and performers, animals and the public can be seen enjoying the circus, also trucks and animals can be seen on the field, published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

Dates: 1992

Philip Gandey's Cirque Surreal Poster, 1995

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 51: Series 178H21; Series 178M17; Series 178R7
Reference code: 178R7.33
Scope and Contents

Brighton, Preston Park, Preston Road, Friday 5 - Monday 29 May. Colour illustration of trapeze and acrobatic acts in the centre on a red and blue background, yellow, red white and black type on black, yellow and red backgrounds.

Dates: 1995

Philip Gandey's Cirque Surreal Programme, 1995

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 46: Series 178K44
Reference code: 178K44.137
Scope and Contents

Programme for the '95 Tour of Phillip Gandey's Cirque Surreal: State Circus of Imagination. Front cover has colour illustration in the style of a surrealist painting in yellow, blue, red and white on a black background.

Dates: 1995

Photocopies of Circus Drawings, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178Z50.51
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of circus drawings showing Bertram Mills circus tent, the stables and the ring, A4

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Photocopies of Pencil Sketches, Pencil and Pen and Ink Sketches of Circus Tent, Transport, People, and Performers, Watercolour of a Lion, Oil Painting of Clowns on Board, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 50: Series 178G41; Series 178V12
Reference code: 178V12.7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Works of art collected by the Smart family.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Photocopies of Photographs of Fairground Rides, Steam Engines, Other Machines and the Smart Family, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 48: Series 178K44; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.48
Scope and Contents

Includes Savage Brothers Ltd Roundabouts.

Dates: c1900 - 2000

Photocopies of Plans for New Foyer Front for Billy Smart's Circus, 1992

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 48: Series 178K44; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.47
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: 1992

Photograph Album, 1963

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 48: Series 178K44; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.75
Scope and Contents

Handmade blue concertina photograph albums containing black and white photographs of Mr and Mrs Ronald Smart and family on holiday in the USA, 1963.

Dates: 1963

Photographic Album, 1948 - 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13691
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, boxing, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Silcock, Manning, Holland, Waddington, Ling, Butlin, Farrar, Marshall and Pat Collins at Nottingham Goose Fair, Chorley Fair and Southport and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 16p.p.

Dates: 1948 - 1954

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13693
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, globe of death, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Holland, Pat Collins, Cox, Proctor, Corrigan, Shufflebottom, Shaw, Marshall, Waddington, Ling and Pullen at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hull Fair, Lincoln, Huddersfield and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 19p.p.

Dates: 1905 - 1954

Photographic Album, 1937 - 1941

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13694
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines and transport, circus, wall of death and fairground shows including Holland, Pat Collins, Butlin, Tom Norman, Manning, Pullen, Ling, Farrar, Tuby, Whitelegg and Anderton and Rowland at Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Lincoln Fair, Horton Feast, Manningham Feast and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 20p.p.

Dates: 1937 - 1941

Photographic Album, 1899 - 1955

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13695
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, boxing booths, steam engines and transport, Showpeople, circus and fairground shows including Murphy, Harniest, Deakin, Waddington, Anderton and Rowland, Silcock, Harry Lee, Shaw, Proctor, Reany, M.A. Collins and Tom Norman at Hull Fair, Northampton Fair, Stockport, Daisy Nook, Heaton Park, Oldham and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland...
Dates: 1899 - 1955

Photographic Album, 1941 - 1955

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13696
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines and transport, circus and fairground shows including Crow, Harry Lee, Smart, Bertram Mills, Farrar, Butlin, Codona, Silcock, Shaw, Marshall, Pat Collins, M.A. Collins, Harry Lee and Wallis at Oldham Fair, Lincoln Fair, Bootle, Huddersfield, Southport, Hull Fair, Knottingley Fair, Stanley Park and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott,...
Dates: 1941 - 1955

Photographic Album, c1921

 Item
Reference code: 178C104.1
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of different circus and performing animal acts, family photographs and panoramic views around Australia and New Zealand, 8p.p.

Dates: c1921

Photographic Album, 1902 - 1951

 Item
Reference code: 178C104.2
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of the William Rosaire family and several generations of the Decar family as well as different acts and circus and variety performers and showmen, city views in France, Persia, Argentina, Switzerland, England and Ireland, 40p.p

Dates: 1902 - 1951

Photographs, 1930 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178C66
Scope and Contents

Black and white and colour photographs related mainly to Harder Jonsson and his career as an animal trainers. Also some images of family members. Contains a large amount of images of wild animals used in the circus and some zoos.

Dates: 1930 - 1950

Photographs, c1930 - 1969

 Series
Reference code: 178C135
Scope and Contents

Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of Digger Pugh acts mainly in circuses.

Dates: c1930 - 1969