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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5010 Collections and/or Records:

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

Various Material, c1940 - 1950

 Series
Reference code: 178Z72
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: c1940 - 1950

Various Material, c1990 - 2010

 Series
Reference code: 178Z77
Scope and Contents

Various material, relating to Albert & Friends Instant Circus.

Dates: c1990 - 2010

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

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

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

Various Performance, Workshop and Event Photographs, c1983 - 2008

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C146.23
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of various, miscellaneous and unidentified workshops, performances, trips and other events involving children and young people from Albert & Friends Instant Circus.

Dates: c1983 - 2008

Various Photocopies of Photographs, Circus World Championships Delegates Pack, Some Postcards and Invitations, c1970 - 1979

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 41: Series 178I24; Series 178N6; Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.64
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Various Posters, c1990 - 2000

 File
Reference code: 178Z64.27
Scope and Contents

Posters advertising film festivals and copies of Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Bros posters.

Dates: c1990 - 2000

Various Showfamilies Biographical Material, 1799 - 1993

 File
Reference code: 178B36.5
Scope and Contents

Research material relating to the Silvester/Sylvester, Wilson, Taylor, Fossett, Green, Proctor, Bland, White, Twigdon, Turner, Brown/Sivado, Codman, Layland/Leyland, Collins, Chapman, Barker, and Clark families, including birth, marriage and death certificates and census details.

Dates: 1799 - 1993

Venezianische Messe Ludwigsburg programme, 12 - 14 September 1997

 Item
Reference code: 178K48.1
Scope and Contents

Ludwigsburg, Germany. Colour photograph of two people in costume with a white border on a black background and white type with the event logo on the front cover, inside white, black and cream pages with running order, introduction, black and white and colour photographs, and descriptions of each act and commercial advertising, featuring Skinning the Cat on page.

Dates: 12 - 14 September 1997

Very Old Parade Photograph Album, c1996 - 2000

 File — Box Albert & Friends Box 15: Series 178C146
Reference code: 178C146.14.1
Scope and Contents

Photograph album titled, 'V. Old Parade', containing colour photographs of children and young people from Albert & Friends Instant Circus, shown in costume, preparing for and then stilt walking during an unidentified parade in Hoxton, East London. The performers appear to be sponsored by ICI and The Salters Company.

Dates: c1996 - 2000

Very Old Parade Photograph Album, c1996 - 2000

 File — Box Albert & Friends Box 15: Series 178C146
Reference code: 178C146.14.2
Scope and Contents

Photograph album titled, 'V. Old Parade', containing colour photographs of children and young people from Albert & Friends Instant Circus, shown in costume, preparing for and then stilt walking during an unidentified parade in Hoxton, East London. The performers shown stilt walking, appear to be sponsored by ICI and The Salters Company.

Dates: c1996 - 2000

VHS for Albert & Friends VHS Tape, c1985 - 2000

 Item — Box Albert & Friends Box 23: Series 178D28
Reference code: 178D28.1.42
Scope and Contents

Further information on label: DJ Kat - Albert.

Dates: c1985 - 2000

Vicky's [Shots] Optical Disk, c1995 - 2008

 Item — Box Albert & Friends Box 19: Series 178U13
Reference code: 178U13.71
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Optical disks, containing correspondence, administrative papers, newsletters, photographs and films, created by Albert & Friends Instant Circus.

Dates: c1995 - 2008

Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Dates: c1800 - 1930

Video Four Film, c1962 - 1993

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.325
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Includes; Tweeties Circus, hippo rodeo, monkeyland, a chapter of accidents, acrobatic antics, some birds, and Circus Time.

Dates: c1962 - 1993

Views and Order of the Procession, Barnum and Bailey Show Booklet, 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178Z50.4
Scope and Contents

Hard cover fold out booklet with red fabric spine and title printed on yellow paper and glued to the front cover, containing eight monocrhome views in red showing animals and carts parading with titles and order of the procession in the centre in red type for the Barnum and Bailey Show.

Dates: 1899

Violet Bartram Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Dates: c1902 - 1953

Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.96
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Dates: c1936 - 1950