Not on display

Poster

1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. E. Berry Ltd. (printers (people))
Place of origin
Bradford (made)
Great Britain (made)

Typographic circus advertisement poster

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Circus
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, Tonbridge, 1939
Physical description
Typographic circus advertisement poster
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 102cm
  • Poster width: 35.8cm
Object history
Associated Production: Bertram Mills' Circus. Performers: Koringa (female fakir), Kelly (hobo clown), Pat Baker (voltige), Coco, Austin, Pinocchio, Percy Huxter, Bobino, Korovin, Coconut and Smiler (clowns), Quintilia (wire-walker), Zeboy (comedy zebra), Nicolai (big cat trainer), Gena Lipkowska (and her Arab horses), The Great Frederico, Bertram Mills' New Liberty Horses, Gay and Gay (comedians), Aussie and Czech (rope spinners and whip crackers), Gindl's Football Elephants, Cilla's Dogs, Two Willos (aerial artists), Wenzel, Mary and Barry (equestrians), The Millimeter Acrobatic Girls. Botany Fields, High Street, Tonbridge. 8.4.1938-12.4.1938. Performance category: circus, menagerie.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.158-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
Record URL
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