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Date: 1912

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: New Zealand Times Company Ltd; Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-1912-01

Description: "The following all-star artists appear nightly: Miss Sylvia Stanley, the daring and dashing Mexican trick rider; Mdlle Xenia, the lady who shakes dice with Death and skirts the borderland of eternity at every performance; The Ridgway brothers Chas and Will, the world's best head and hand balancers, gymnasts and acrobats, in their great specialty "Fun in a Gymnasium"; Kodama, the Japanese equilibrist and foot juggler, "justly styled the world's best"; "Denver Dan", America's greatest lasso expert; Lieut. Cole, introducing his famous sketches, "A Day in Dogville" and "Mirth in Monkeyland"; Doyle & Dinny, comedy acrobats and gymnasts; Will Clear, bareback rider, vaulter and leaper; Pixie, the smallest and most perfectly trained horse on earth". Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Printed by the N.Z. Times Co. Ltd, theatrical printers, Wellington - 2947 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Relief print on poster 996 x 377 mm (cropped)

Date: 1947 - 1949

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Craig Printing Company

Reference: Eph-D-CABOT-Circus-Lennon-1948-01

Description: Poster advertising a circus and rodeo contains an arrangement of text, and seven photographs of circus performing: Australia's leading rope spinner and whip cracker, Smoky the trick pony, Pearl Lennon the sensational trapeze artist, Roman rings artists, Phillip Lennon aged 5 (the youngest cowboy in the world) Also lists the names of outlaw horses to be ridden: Red Devil, Grey Echo, Ginger Meggs, Firefly, Blue Blazes, Pitch & Toss, Comet, Black Diamond, Bambi the bucking mule, Tomato the Donkey. Prizes were offered to local riders who could stay 30 seconds on Red Devil, or to any boy who rides Bambi. Dated around 1920s because of hair style of M. Sell. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph, on sheet 755 x 500 mm.

Date: 1917

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981; Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-Barton-1917-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text and list of performers including Marguerite [Jandaschewsky] (daring lady rider), Miss Mena Val (lady stock whip cracker), the 3 Altons (troupe of Chinese acrobats), Miss Ashton (lady gymnast), Miss Alton (the boneless wonder), the Merry Denos (laughing clowns), Frank Carl (bounding jockey and 3-horse rider), Miss Valdare (lady trick cyclist). The Brass Band is headed by bandmaster J Maguire. The whole show under the direction of Mrs F. J. Barton. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - The Brett Printing Company Ltd. 20362.; Recto - above image - Epsom, Wed. Sept. 19th Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 1000 x 380 mm.

Date: 1921

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-1921-01

Description: Poster advertising the 1921 tour by the Australian circus company, St Leon's Circus. Lists the following performers: Odessa Bros (triple horizontal bar), the beautiful Dolories (trapeze), Joey and Woolum, Maudie (mule), Ky-Yia Trio (dogs trained by "Jackeroo"), Prof Morris and his New Zealand and French mountain trained sheep and trained pigs, St Leon's acrobats, Master Mervyn King (boy rider), Odessa Sisters (aerial whirling stunts), Conchita (rider), Ray St Leon and his 4 flying steeds, Golda ("singing Venus on tight wire"), Gus St Leon (clown), Rentfrew statues, Madame Footrina; Algernon, Bertram & Reginald (comedy riding duo), Reuben (miniature horse). Mark St Leon writes (10 November 2007): "As with a lot of circus programs, family members may have performed in several different acts under other names. The St Leon family for this tour comprised the brothers Syl, Reg and Adrian and their sister Daisy (Mrs Alf Honey) and the Honeys' daughters, Golda, Doris ('Conchita'), Loreen and Florence. Ray St Leon was their cousin (and my great uncle). Golda was "Mdlle Golda" and the sisters Doris, Loreen and Florence were the 3 Odessa Sisters/Honey Trio. Alf Honey and his partner Frank Cherry were gymnasts, although the "Cherry" for this tour was probably not the Frank Cherry of the original act of 1908-09. 'Professor' Morris was an animal trainer. Master Mervyn King was an adopted/apprenticed boy of the St Leons who died recently at the age of 95. I recorded his life story as a circus man in my book 'The Silver Road'. Joey & Woolum was, I think, Syl and Adrian St Leon. Delories may have been either Golda or Doris. The Rentfrew Troupe/Bezantine Troupe were mostly the family. There is mention of Gus St Leon (father of Syl, Reg, Adrian and Daisy) but I doubt if he was on this tour. His brother Walter (father of Ray) was present for the early part of the tour and presented the war horse Romulus. You will find references to the Honey family in my Circus in 'Australia: The American Century' as this branch of the St Leon family later established itself in the USA". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, on poster 1070 x 395 mm.

Date: ca 1930

From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district

Reference: 1/1-019252-G

Description: Crowd awaiting a performance by the Aerial Lorraines during a visit of the circus to Hastings, circa 1930. Photographed by Henry N Whitehead. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1920

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Renwick, Pride (Firm)

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-1920-01

Description: Poster advertising the 1920 New Zealand tour by the Australian circus company, St Leon's Circus. Lists the following performers: Baffling Tillee Brothers (Anglo-French telepathists), Mdlle Golda (wire artiste), eight St Leons acrobats, Leo Sylvester & Collie (horse and rider), 3 Odessa Sisters (serpentine aeroplane twirls), Celeste and his dogs, Honey & Cherry (triple horizontal bars), 7 Rentfrew Troupe (statuary), Franco the human frog (boneless wonder), Hyman Trio (legmaniacs), Rueben (football pony), Morris with his troupe of mountain sheep and pigs), Joey and Woolum (ladder plane), Romulus the war horse, Jingling Jumpers, Pete Jenkins (hayseed rider), "Gus" the 13.1 champion high jumping pony), Jackeroo and his Blue Mountain rabbit, Adrian and Doris (equestrians), 10 Bezantine Troupe, clowns and dummies with "Cudge" the Harlequin. Mark St Leon writes (10 November 2007): "As with a lot of circus programs, family members may have performed in several different acts under other names. The St Leon family for this tour comprised the brothers Syl, Reg and Adrian and their sister Daisy (Mrs Alf Honey) and the Honeys' daughters, Golda, Doris ('Conchita'), Loreen and Florence. Ray St Leon was their cousin. Golda was "Mdlle Golda" and the sisters Doris, Loreen and Florence were the 3 Odessa Sisters/Honey Trio. Alf Honey and his partner Frank Cherry were gymnasts, although the "Cherry" for this tour was probably not the Frank Cherry of the original act of 1908-09. 'Professor' Morris was an animal trainer. Joey & Woolum was, I think, Syl and Adrian St Leon. The Rentfrew Troupe/Bezantine Troupe were mostly the family. Walter St Leon (father of Ray) was present for the early part of the tour and presented the war horse Romulus". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, on poster 1080 x 370 mm.

Date: 1910 - 1930

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Southland news (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-Ridgway-1900s-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of different texts, arranged around inset engravings and photographs. At top left is Mr C Ridgway and at top right is a woman named M Sell. Other acts listed are La Kirk (the world's famous trick rider), Donald (the horse that knows), the Two Franks (mysteruious thought and second sight act), Madeline (lady trick rider), Charlie (hand balancer and globe runner), Silly & Benno (clowns), Doyle & Denny (comedians), the Mysterious Tarzan (escape expert), the famous Zig-Zag, August the red-headed dummy, ten buckjumpers headed by Clyclop; as well as American, Anstralian and New Zealand riders. Dated around 1920s because of hair style of M. Sell. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph, on sheet 1010 x 388 mm.

Date: 1931

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-Pedro-1931-02

Description: Poster promoting a circus whose proprietors were Messrs Pedro and Cabot. The business manager was Charles Cabot and the treasurer Cecil Pedro. The touring manager was Joe Bruce, and the equestrian director William Tyler. The superintendent of canvas was Reg Stunt. An arrangement of text listing: The Flying Winskills (aerial acrobats) and Charlie Chaplin clown; Tyler's wonderful performing monkeys; a great troupe of performing ponies; the Great Tyler (the world's greatest Risley act); Bert Weston (balancer); the Aerial Delevants (three women); Pimpo (acrobatic talking clown); Val-de-Mare (trick cyclist); Rosie Rifle & Co. (world's greatest lady rifle shot supported by Wild West lariat spinners, lassoers and stock-whip experts); Lavigue Sisters (double wire act); Joey the laughing clown with dummy August; Bubs Winrow (juvenile acrobatic dancer and contortionist); La Belle Maisie (trapeze performer); Togo the Charleston horse; Nelson Brothers (jugglers); Tommy (miniature trick pony); Alice Wilton (lady bareback rider); silver band headed by Charles Ross. Venue is handwritten in black paint at the top. Date verified in Cabot scrapbook number 98 (Eph-A-CABOT-Scrapbook-98). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph 1020 x 380 mm

Date: 1925

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-1925-01

Description: Shows the head of a clown who peers over a sign for the circus. Below is a big top scene showing circus acrobats, trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and cyclists. Date taken from Cabot scrapbook no 21, and confirmed in NZ Herald for Boxing Day 1924. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wilson & Horton, Printer, Auckland - 8474. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, on poster 1010 x 428 mm.