Circus Collection (page 14)

Italy. Rome. Circus Maximus. Built in the 4th century B.C. Behind, the Palatine hill with the Palace of the Emperors

Poster, C W A Scott in Air Display, Portsmouth Airport
Poster, C W A Scott, winner of England-Australia Air Race, will personally appear in Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display, Portsmouth Airport, 29 June 1935. Date: 1935

Poster, Mignets Flying Flea Air Display, Boughton
Poster, Mignets Flying Flea at Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display, Boughton (not at Sywell), 21 September 1935. Date: 1935

Poster, Irish Aero Club, Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display
Poster, Irish Aero Club in co-operation with Sir Alan Cobhams Air Display, left blank for date and location details to be added. Date: 1930s

Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams Great Air Display, Acklam
Poster, Sir Alan Cobhams Great Air Display (also known as Cobhams Flying Circus), Landale Road, Acklam, 5-6 September 1934. Date: 1934

Famous Diva and accompanist noticed - Oxford Circus Station
A Famous highbrow Diva (and snooty accompanist) standing on Oxford Circus Underground Station, London - spotted by a couple (and their wailing infant) on the station

Clown pulling a donkeys tail on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

Zoological Misfitz - Toby - Mr Punchs dog. early 20th century

The Big Top Jig-Saw Puzzle, with circus clown and dog. 20th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Strong the Weight Lifters Daughter. circa 1930s

Zoological Misfitz - Jacko. early 20th century

Caricature of Willing and Myers
Caricature, Messrs Willing and Myers -- they are both " on the job". Possibly a reference to James Washington Myers (1823-1892) and his circus tours. 1880

Music cover, Barnum Circus by Maurice Vandair
Music cover, Barnum Circus, music by Maurice Vandair, words by Charlys and Vandair. 1941

Music cover, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, song in waltz time, words by George Leybourne, music by Alfred Lee, featured by the BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall. 1934

Cartoon, Scene at Henglers Circus, London
Cartoon, Daring Equestrian Act, performed at Henglers Cirque -- a satire on the Licensing Act. The man jumping through the hoop is Frederick Charles Hengler (1820-1887), horseman and circus owner

Caricature of George Sanger, circus proprietor
Caricature of George Sanger (1825-1911), English showman and circus proprietor. 1881

View down Regents Street, London from Oxford Circus Date: circa 1904

Entrance to Circus, Cashiers box - Moscow, USSR. Date: 1986

Three frogs and rocking horse on a cutout card
Three frogs dressed as clowns on a rocking horse on a cutout greetings card. circa 1890s

Steam Bus, London 1898
A steam bus of the Self Acting Steam Omnibus Company plies its trade between Oxford Circus and Ealing. Date: 1898

Disraeli / Gladstone 1857
The Balancing Brothers of Westminster For once, Gladstone and Disraeli agree on something (the Budget). Date: 28 February 1857

Buffalo Bills Circus
Buffalo Bills circus: portraits of the characters taking part in the wild west show, including Cody himself and Annie Oakley Date: 1886

Circus Elephant / Chaos
A circus elephant runs amok with with one of the performers sitting astride his trunk. The ring-masters top hat gets a soaking. Date: 1928

Ramon Novarro / Ben Hur
RAMON NOVARRO (Ramon Samaniegoes) Mexican actor in American silent films, later a character actor in talkies, seen here in Ben Hur (1927) Date: 1899 -

Mania / Rail Projector
A railway projector - depicted as a circus acrobat - hides from the anger of the investors whose money he holds in his bags... Date: 1866

Oxford Circus underground station, Central London
Oxford Circus underground station (twopenny tube), Central London. Date: circa 1905

Tattooed Lady
The Tattooed Lady - a living work of art which you may admire among the sideshows of the circus Date: 1889

Passengers at Oxford Circus tube station, Central London
Passengers queueing for twopenny tickets at Oxford Circus tube station booking office, Central London. Date: circa 1900s

Piccadilly Circus / 1926
Piccadilly Circus becomes a roundabout Date: 1926

England / London / Holborn
Holborn Circus. Date: 1895

The Way of the World by G Howard Watson and W P Sheen
Promotional postcard for The Way of the World by G. Howard Watson and W. P. Sheen. The image shows Sidney Crowe as Adele de la Roche. The circus lions can be seen behind her. Date: circa 1905

Flower girls at Piccadilly Circus. Artist: Savile Lumley Date: 1903

Aerial view, busy scene at Oxford Circus, Central London, with Peter Robinson department store on the left. Date: circa 1920s

Busy scene at Oxford Circus, Central London. Date: circa 1910

Oxford Circus, Central London, on a busy day. circa 1900

M Beketow Russian Circus
Promotional postcard for M Beketow Russian Circus at Argyle Street, London. Date: circa 1907

Park Crescent West, London W1
Park Crescent West, just to the north of Portland Place, London W1. circa 1910

Society of Entertainers, Upper Baker Street, London
Society of Entertainers, with Webster & Girling Ltd theatre ticket box office, Upper Baker Street, London. Date: 1924

General Strike 1926: Armoured car in London streets
Armoured car escorting food wagons through the busy streets of Oxford Circus to Hyde Park. Date: May 1926

Cecil Beatons bedroom, his guests and his fantails
The top photograph shows Cecil Beaton at home with guests at Ashcombe House; from l-r: Miss Tilly Losch, Mrs Harcourt Smith, Sir Alfred Beit, Lady Charles Cavendish, Miss Tallulah Bankhead

Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas card
Acrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. circa 1890s

Clown with pudding on a Christmas card
Clown carrying a pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two clowns with cockerels on a New Year card
Two clowns separating fighting cockerels on a New Year card, with a comic verse. circa 1890s

Two musical clowns on a Christmas card
Two musical clowns shaking hands on a Christmas card -- May Mirth and Music join hands this Christmastide. Date: circa 1890s

Three clowns with a ladder on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Clown stealing goose on a Christmas card
Clown stealing a goose from an angry woman on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Clown on a triangular Christmas card
Clown bending down to write a greeting on a triangular Christmas card with an ornate border. Date: circa 1890s

Clown writing on a slate on a Christmas card
Clown writing on a childs slate on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century

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