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Arthur Fenwick Collection
of Circus Handbills & Posters

This Gallery shows some of the wonderful circus ephemera which Arthur Fenwick collected. The posters and handbills are looked after by the Tyne & Wear Archives and we paid to get them digitised for the first time. It was difficult to make this selection from the amazing array of posters. The gallery spans the period 1818-1940s, possibly earlier – 1950s. It is tricky to say when most posters come from as they do not show the year. We have arranged them in a rough chronological order. All of these posters are shared here with the permission of the TW Archives and may not be reproduced. The posters are not on permanent display so if you are interested in seeing them you will need to arrange a visit to the reading room. The Fenwick Colllection number is 944 but each item has it’s own code.

944-691 - Total Eclipse of all Dwarfs!
944-159 - J Wood
944-190 - Wombwells Royal Menagerie
944-737 - Mr Atkins the Clown
944-782 - Royal Circus Newcastle
944-796 - Bells Circus
944-2677 - Gigantic Youth
944-795 - Batty's Circus
944-839 - Lion of the Desert
944-1887 - Speech of Mr Purvis
944-816 - Dragon of Egypt
944-985 - Newsome's Circus
944-987 - Olympia - 200 Horses
944-1013 - Zoo Circus
944-1011 - Chapman\'s Great Continental Zoo-Circus
944-1003 - Bostok & Wombwell\'s
944-998 - B&W Menagerie
944-1026 - Great Continental Zoo-Circus
944-1075 - Chipperfield's Circus
944-1074 - Chipperfield's Circus
944-1083 - Chipperfield's Circus
944-1095 - Bertram Mill's Circus
944-1050 - Bertram Mill's Circus
944-1054 - Bertram Mill's Circus
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