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Fitzgerald Brothers :Fitzgerald Bros combined shows; New circus and menagerie ... Palmerston North, Monday, Tuesday & Tues afternoon, Feb[ruary] 15 and 16 [1904].
- Date
- 1904
- By
- Kenna, Michael, active 1980-2000
- Reference
- Eph-E-KENNA-1904-01
- Description
A circus herald advertising the Fitzgerald Brothers' Circus.
Recto shows portrait illustrations of the two Fitzgerald Brothers at the top corners, and below is a large scene showing many acts going on in the Big Top. Performers included: The Zenobia Brothers (globe on a tightrope), Gilleno (musical clown), dog show introduced by Manzoni (from the Folies Bergeres), Mdemoiselle Onra (tightrope), Miss Beryl Loraine (contortionist and dancer), Eric and Reano (aerial trapeze comedians), The Flying Meteors, Benato the Clown, The Marottos (horizontal bar)
Contains a warning that any swindlers, gamblers, fakirs making false claims and undermining the circus affidavits, will be arrested if found on the grounds.
The verso advertises an orangutan on display.
Lower side of verso is overstamped with Palmerston North dates and venue.
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on green poster..
Physical Description: Relief print, black on green poster 900 x 570 mm
- Additional description
Pieces missing from centre top and bottom.
- Use/Reproduction
- Not to be reproduced without acknowledgement to the owner, Mr Michael Kenna.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Posters deposited on long-term loan by Michael Kenna. 1980]
- Format
- 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on green poster., Ephemera, Engravings, Posters, Advertisements, Relief print, black on green poster 900 x 570 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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Fitzgerald Brothers :Fitzgerald Bros combined shows; New circus and menagerie. Educated...
Date: 1904
From: [Posters deposited on long-term loan by Michael Kenna. 1980]
Reference: Eph-E-KENNA-1904-01-front
Description: Circus herald advertising Fitzgerald Bros Circus. Recto shows portrait illustrations of the two Fitzgerald Brothers at the top corners, and below is a large scene showing many acts going on in the Big Top. Performers included: The Zenobia Brothers (globe on a tightrope), Gilleno (musical clown), dog show introduced by Manzoni (from the Folies Bergeres), Mdemoiselle Onra (tightrope), Miss Beryl Loraine (contortionist and dancer), Eric and Reano (aerial trapeze comedians), The Flying Meteors, Benato the Clown, The Marottos (horizontal bar) Contains a warning that any swindlers, gamblers, fakirs making false claims and undermining the circus affidavits, will be arrested if found on the grounds. Lower side of verso is overstamped with Palmerston North dates and venue. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, black on green sheet, 900 x 570 mm
Fitzgerald Brothers :Fitzgerald Bros' museum, hippodrome and trained animal exposition....
Date: 1904
From: [Posters deposited on long-term loan by Michael Kenna. 1980]
Reference: Eph-E-KENNA-1904-01-verso-1
Description: Half of one side of a circus herald. This part shows two panels advertising Fitzgerald Bros circus, which is declared to be "high-class and strictly moral". Shows are performed in water-proof tents, and feature the finest bred horses. The public is urged "Do not fail to see the nearest approach to man in the animal world, an Orang-Outang, from the wilds of Africa, always interesting and amusing". The text is interspersed with illustrations of dogs leaping through a hoop, a ballerina on horseback, a tiger, a horse and a ringmaster, tumbling acrobats on parallel bars, and performing horses. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, black on green sheet 570 x 450 mm (half of one side)
Fitzgerald Brothers :Fitzgerald Bros new combined shows; Menagerie and huge new circus....
Date: 1904
From: [Posters deposited on long-term loan by Michael Kenna. 1980]
Reference: Eph-E-KENNA-1904-01-verso-2
Description: Advertises 50 star artists, The Flying Meteors, great animal show, the Wonderful Cycle Whiz! Overstamped with Palmerston North dates and venue. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - John Andrew & Co. Print, Sydney Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on circus herald. Physical Description: Relief print, black on green sheet 570 x 450 mm (half of one side)