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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4474 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Various Items

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Various Items

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Correspondence

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection

Various Items of Ephemera, c1970 - 1979

 Series
Reference code: 178Z34
Scope and Contents

Various items of circus and film production ephemera.

Dates: c1970 - 1979
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Christopher Palmer Collection

Various Items of Research Material, c1900 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.19
Scope and Contents

Bundle of notebook pages, loose pages and newspaper cuttings on various circus topics and some correspondence by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas). Manuscript and typescript.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

Various Items Related to the Ohmy and Sanger Families, c1880 - 1980

 Series
Reference code: 178Z26
Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Ohmy and Sanger families, including World War Two related material and other personal items.

Dates: c1880 - 1980
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection

Various Items Related to the Ohmy Family, c1880 - 1890

 File
Reference code: 178Z26.1
Scope and Contents

Various items related to the Ohmy family, including a photograph of presentation of Address to Ohmy certificate.

Dates: c1880 - 1890
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Various Items Related to the Ohmy and Sanger Families

Various Material, c1940 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178Z72
Scope and Contents

Includes miscellaneous printed material, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.

Dates: c1940 - 1950
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection

Various Newspaper Cuttings on Circus, 1930

 Item
Reference code: 178G21.92
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings including E. H. Bostock's wedding report.

Dates: 1930
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks

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
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scapbooks

Various Paper Bags, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.15
Scope and Contents

Two paper bags, one of them from The Circus Hall of Fame, Sarasota, Florida.

Dates: c1900 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

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