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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5063 Collections and/or Records:

Boswell Wilkie Circus Programme, c1950 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.100
Scope and Contents

21st birthday programme. Colour photograph of group of clowns holding a white circle with text reading birthday 21st Verjaarsdag on a blue background on the front page, inside introduction, colour photographs on red background of acts and performers with text, programme and commercial advertising, 8p.p

Dates: c1950 - 1959

Boswell Wilkie Circus Programme, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.101
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on a top section and roaring tiger's head and performing sea lions on bottom section, on front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Boswell Wilkie Circus Programme, 1973 - 1974

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.102
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on orange background on front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Dates: 1973 - 1974

Boswell Wilkie Circus Programme, 1971 - 1972

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.103
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of a man in a brown trunks and a woman in a bikini and pink feathers hanging from a rope and trapeze acts on the background, over blue and white, on front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Dates: 1971 - 1972

Boswell Wilkie Circus Programmes, 1950 - 1990

 File
Reference code: 178K43.651
Scope and Contents

Boswell Wilkie Circus programmes, containing colour illustrations and photographs on the front covers, inside black and white and colour photographs of perfomers and acts with text, programme and commercial advertising.

Dates: 1950 - 1990

Boswell Wilkie Combined Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1088
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of two elephants standing on circus platforms, over a red and orange background and a clown's face in a circle on top right. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd, Bradford

Dates: c1950-1999

Boswell Wilkie Combined Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1090
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of heads of two clown's on bottom left, followed by two elephants riden by women in bikinis and a female riding a white horse. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd, Bradford

Dates: c1950-1999

Boswell's Circus Programme, 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.91
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of clown face on bottom left and small circus ring with polar bear jumping through a hoop and animal trainer, trapeze act and woman seating on edge of ring on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1954

Boswell's Circus Programme, 1956

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.94
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of top section of clown holding a circus ring with his left hand, with clowns playing music and car, three white horses, three elephants and acrobatic acts on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text and commercial advertising, 7p.p.

Dates: 1956

Boswell's National Circus Programme, 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.96
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of music band lead by a woman on the left and lions and elephants on the right hand side, over a yellow background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1959

Boswells' National Circus Programme, 1961

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.97
Scope and Contents

White and brown photographs of acts and performers around the left and bottom edges and red, yellow and brown type on stripey white and yellow background on the front cover, inside black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, also newspaper cutting for an act and press pass for the Frontier Post and Times dated 8 September 1961, 10p.p.

Dates: 1961

Boswell's National Circus Programme, 1960

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.104
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of laughing clown's face on top right and lion's head on bottom right over a red background with yellow, blue and black type , also a white, blue and yellow rosette reading golden jubilee on bottom left, on front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1960

Boswell's Sirkus Combined with Wilkie Programme, c1960 - 1969

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.98
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of white face clown covering the page on a yellow background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: c1960 - 1969

Boswell's South African National Circus Programme, 1958

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.88
Scope and Contents

Includes an introduction and a programme in the central pages as well as information on different acts with black and white photographs including, Koringa, The Flying Marilees, The Cycling Bales, Trio Chromatique, Les Morellys, Trevor Bale, Stanley Boswell, The Volants, The Congars. Colour illustration of woman wrestling a crocodile, surrounded by other crocodiles and snakes on the front cover and clown on back cover, 9p.p.

Dates: 1958

Boswell's South Africa's National Circus Programme, 1957

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.105
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of Davy Crockett and a wild west scene in a circus ring on front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 10p.p.

Dates: 1957

Bouglione Circus Programme, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178K41.44
Scope and Contents

Cirque D’Hiver de Paris. Colour photos of acts. Contains illustration cut-out cover, 24p.p.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Brian Boswell's Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1344
Scope and Contents

Wheel of Death. Colour photograph of man crowching on a wheel of death up in the air over a clown and audience and combined blue and white, red and yellow and yellow type on red background at the top

Dates: c1950-1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1209
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of circus acts including Chinese acrobats, clowns and tiger on an orange and green background with white stars

Dates: c1950-1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Poster, c1950-1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1193
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of circus acts including two female Chinese acrobats in red outfits in the centre on a black background

Dates: c1950-1999

Brian Boswell's Circus Programme, c1900 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.107
Scope and Contents

Colouring book programme. Colour illustration of roaring lion's head and leaping tiger on a blue background and yellow and red type on the front cover, inside out line of circus performers and scenes for colouring and a loose programme page, 11p.p.

Dates: c1900 - 1999