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Hanging card advertising Bertram Mills' Tenting Circus, 1954

Poster
1954 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hanging card advertising the Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1954.

Performers included Borra the King of Pickpockets, the Crazy Taxi, Haute ecole (equestrian), the Condoras (trapeze), Rudy Horn Juggling on a Uni-cycle, Mills Danish Knabstrupps, Mills' Arabian Horses, the Voltacks Cowboys and Indians, the Cavallinis (clowns), the musical chimpanzees, Coco and the Clowns, Palomino and Shetland Ponies, Anita Aerial Thrills, Gosta Kruse 6 Elephants, Alexander's Mixed Group of Lions & Tigers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHanging card advertising Bertram Mills' Tenting Circus, 1954 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on card
Brief description
Hanging card advertising the 20th Tenting Season of Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1954
Physical description
Typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 37.5cm
  • Poster width: 31cm
Summary
Hanging card advertising the Bertram Mills' Circus and Menagerie, 1954.

Performers included Borra the King of Pickpockets, the Crazy Taxi, Haute ecole (equestrian), the Condoras (trapeze), Rudy Horn Juggling on a Uni-cycle, Mills Danish Knabstrupps, Mills' Arabian Horses, the Voltacks Cowboys and Indians, the Cavallinis (clowns), the musical chimpanzees, Coco and the Clowns, Palomino and Shetland Ponies, Anita Aerial Thrills, Gosta Kruse 6 Elephants, Alexander's Mixed Group of Lions & Tigers.
Collection
Accession number
S.191-1994

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Record createdApril 28, 2014
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