Bullen Brothers Circus

Date: 1946 - 1960 - 1973

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

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Circus-Australia-1

Description: Includes: Bullen Bros Circus, presenting the only travelling zoo in Australia ... [with] the Dareino Bros, Erl Beno, Randel Delco, Miss Jeanette, the 4 Violantes, Judkins and Odkins, Sammy the Silent [1946?] Bullen's, Australia's largest circus (shows animal in big top) [1960s?] (3 copies) Bullen's Circus. Bundaberg, Friday 31 May - Monday 3 June [1963 or 1968] Wait for Bullen's. Gooviegen. [Fri 30 October 1964] Bullen's Circus. Ipswich, 20-21 August 1965 Bullen's Circus. Mt Morgan, 7 August 1965 Bullens Circus [with ringmaster, clown's face, line of elephants on hind legs, two lions, equestrians and a line of white horses [1960s?] Bullen's Animal World. An ideal family adventure Sole Bros are coming ... Grand transcontinental tour [1960s?] (4 copies) Sole Bros. Australia's greatest circus (with Joseph Eroni, Marvenn and Phillis, Professor Paul , etc .... [Poster with clown's head]Sole Bros new world circus ... Pink banner poster. 1960s? Sole Bros proudly present the world's leading wild animal trainer Joseph Eroni ... Flying Marconis, Cheeky Charlie, Upside-Down Revelle, Marveen, Miss Angela, hurricane horsemanship, mastodonic marvels, the Nairns, Patricia & Charles, Zimba the educated zebra .... [Text only. 1960s?] (2 copies) [Sole Bros]. Grafton, two nights only [with Betty and Peggy, the smallest elephants on earth. 21-22 April [1961 or 1967?] Sole Bros & Wirth's combined circus & zoo. Box plan [1960-1970s?] Surprise Surprise. Tommy Hanlon jr appears at Sole Bros Circus, Rockhampton, 4-11 June 1973 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Relief prints, sizes up to 530 mm.

Date: [ca 1950s-1970s]

From: Hitchcock family: Collection

Reference: Series-5117-2

Description: Negatives and photographic prints taken by unidentified photographer(s) circa 1950s to 1970s, possibly in Levin, Manawatū-Whanganui Region. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: The contents of this subseries (negatives numbered 1/4-134882 to 1/4-134935) were received by the Library in an envelope with "Old negs Levin MR" written on the outside. Quantity: 54 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1970 - 1971

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

Reference: Eph-B-CABOT-VARIETY-1970/1971

Description: Disney on Parade. Australasian tour presented by Michael Edgley International Pty Ltd, TVW Channel 7 Perth, Bullen Brothers. 1971. programmes. (Two copies). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Disney official version on stage. Disney stage fantasy returns after 9 years. Australian tour. 1971? Publicity flyer. Joe Ward-Holmes presents Xmas Extravaganza, Grand Variety Performance. Producer, Joe Ward-Holmes. Hostess, Relda Familton. Host, Ron Williams. Grand Opera House, Wellington. 13 December 1970. Programme. A Souvenir of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" personal visit to Millers. 1971. Flyer. Lookout House (Covington Kentucky, USA) presents Woo Woo Stevens plus music by Jimmy Wilber. 23 January 1970. The Cincinnati Enquirer review columns. Quantity: 3 programmes. 3 flyers. Physical Description: Printed programmes, flyers and a newspaper review up to 335 x 212 mm

Date: 1955 - 1964

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

Reference: Eph-A-CABOT-Circus-Bullen

Description: Includes pamphlets, tickets, programme and promotional booklets. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: ca 1950s

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

Reference: Eph-D-Cabot-Circus-Bullen

Description: Includes: ca 1950s: Poster with centre photograph of man in uniform, holding a whip, with a dog wearing a ruff on a stanfd next to him. The picture is surrounded by drawings of roaring lions and tigers and is captioned "Capt. Alfredo The only man in the worl introducing a dog with jungle beasts". The text above the image reads: "It's Mammoth! Colossal! Unprecedented! Everything New. Bullen Bros. Circus and Zoo Presenting World Famous Arenic Stars in an outstanding display of Skill & Dexterity". Text below the image reads: "Other feature attractions this season.... The Lavarres --- Wire Walkers Supreme. Miss Jeanette -- On Her High & Lofty Trapeze. The Devillie Toupe -- Feet to Feet Acrobats. Miss De Lorres - Educated Dogs, Ponies, & Monkeys. Bullen Bros' Performing Elephants Always Popular. Stafford ---- Famous Jockey Rider. Wong Lee Son & Co -- Oriental Magicians. the 3 Aces - 3 Girls on Revolving Ladders. Clowns.. Dummies Galore... Performing Horses... Ponies, Dogs, Monkeys...& our big menagerie of wild ainmals. Bullen's Huge Zoo - ope 4 to 5 pm eac hday, when Animals will be fed. Adults 1s. Children 6d." Undated: Posters advertising Bullen's Circus generally without venues and dates: Multi-coloured poster with a main drawing of a woman standing on thr backs of two horses, and a group of elephants standing on a stool at the bottom, with the words "Bullend Circus & Zoo". Multi-coloured poster with horses at the top, a clown, ringmaster and lions in the middle, and elephants at the bottom, with the words "Bullen's Circus". Poster with roaring lion at the top, clown in the middle and elephant and high wire cyc;list at the bottom, with the words "Bullen Bros. Circus and Zoo". Poster with drawing of circus ring crowded with circus acts in the centre, at the top the words "Bullen's Circus" and at the bottom "Australia's Largest Show". Poster with drawing of circus ring crowded with circus acts in the centre, at the top "Bullen's Circus Box Pan (over a white space, at the left side of the drawing "Australia's Largest Show, and at the right side of the drawing "Prices: Adults .... Children ..... Matinee Adults .... Children ....". Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 600 x 400 mm.

Date: 1971, 1974

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

Reference: Eph-D-CABOT-Circus-Moscow

Description: Includes: Undated: Arrangement of text to look like newspaper billboard: News Flash. Great Moscow Circus Coming Soon! Win Free Seats in Crest Contest. Poster with drawing of clown [likely Oleg Popov] in the centre. Text above: Moscow Circus Coming Soon. text below: Win Free Seats In Crest Contest. 1971: By arrangement with Michael Edgley International and Goscirk Moscow, edgely and Dawe, J C Williamson Theatres, Bullen Brothers and Kerridge Odeon Present: The Great Mosciw Circus of 1971. Featuring The World's Most Famous Clown Oleg Popov. Auckland (Orakei Reserve) Jan. 1-16. Wellington (Hutt Park) Jan. 20-30. Christchurch (Hagley Park) Feb. 4-13. (4 copies). Christchurch North Hagley Park Thurs, 4th Feb. to Sun. 14th Feb. The Great Moscow Circus of 1971. For the first time ever in New Zealand. Featuring The World's Most Famous Clown Oleg Popov. Poster has small photograph of Popov in bottom right corner. (4 copies). Wellington Hutt Park raceway Wed. 20th Jan. to Sat. 30th Jan. The Great Moscow Circus of 1971. For the first time ever in New Zealand. Featuring The World's Most Famous Clown Oleg Popov. Poster has small photograph of Popov in bottom right corner. (2 copies). 1974: All New Programme. by arrangement with Michael Edgley International Pty. Ltd. and Goscirck. Moscow, edgely and Dawe Attractions Pty. Ltd. J C Williamson Theatres Ltd. Bullen Brothers, Kerridge Odeon and the NZBC present Greater Than Ever. The Great Mosocow Circus of 1974. 14 New Acts Never Before seen. Poster has small circular black and white photographs of a lion roaring, a bear dancing, and a clown. (2 copies). 1976: Great Party Booking Savings. The Greatest Assembly Of Famous Russian Variety Artists Ever on the One Stage in the Sensational Moscow *Variety* Spectacular. Specially chosen from all over the USSR. Presented by David Dunningham Associates Ltd, Gosconcert Moscow in association with TransTours. 40 Super Stars! with Cossoack Dancers! Georgian Dancers! Russian Dancers! Non Stop! Thrills, Laughter, Music, Genius and Sheer Artistry. With Russia's Most Famous Soloists! Poster features photogprahs of Eugene Raikov and Pavel Nechporenko, along with unnamed dancers and acrobats. (2 copies) Arrangement of text: The Sensational Moscow Variety Spectacular N.Z. Tour Aug.-Sept. Presented by David Dunningham Assoc's Ltd and Gosconcert Moscow in association with Trans Tours. (2 copies, one with yellow text on black and the other with red text on black). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 600 x 400 mm.

Date: 1915 - 1950 - 1959

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

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Circus-B

Description: Includes: 1915: Coming to your town soon! Barton Bros' Circus. Complete new show, bringing to every town visited our whole show. We never divide. Brett Printing Co. - 18862 Undated: Coming by special train [Bullen Circus?] (2 copies) 1952?: Bullen Bros & Hagens Circus and Zoo. Northcote; Location: Separation St., just off High St. 3 nights commencing Thursday 24 Jan [1952? ]. [Printed by] Renwick Pride, Melbourne. 1958: Coming by special trains. Winter Show Grounds. First tour of New Zealand of the largest circus in the Southern Hemisphere - on a world tour [With} The Cordells, The great Bradfort troupe, Cesarios, the Eight Carlottes, Los Valentos wire walkers, Davy Crockett with his cowboys and Indians, "Luna" the man in the moon, Mademoiselle Carman, Captain Ghenda' performing lions and leopards, Captain Julian's seven performing bears, Bullen's biggest and greatest elephant act in the world. Monday Feb 3 to Saturday Feb 8 [1958] (3 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 500 mm.

Date: 1958 - 1961

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

Reference: Eph-B-CABOT-Scrapbooks-07

Description: Includes clippings about: Bullen's and Wirth's Circuses. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck into pages of scrapbook

Date: 1950 - 1959

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

By: Knudsen, Oscar, 1898-1971

Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Circus-Bullen-1950s-01

Description: Shows a man in frontiersman's outfit of fringed leather jacket, riding a rearing white horse and wielding his lassoo towards a North American Indian man and woman in traditional costume. This poster was probably produced outside New Zealand but the show may have visited New Zealand in the 1950s with Bullen's Circus. Other Titles - Cody Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 1040 x 735 mm.

Date: 1952 - 1985 - 1958 - 1986

From: [The Marjorie Saunders collection of theatre ephemera, collected by Arthur Saunders. 1940-2006].

Reference: Eph-A-SAUNDERS-Circus

Description: Includes: Cole Bro[ther]s Circus. Souvenir programme 1952. Bullens Circus and Zoo. Australia ca 1958. Royale American 3-ring Circus. First New Zealand tour 1985-86. Official programme and souvenir magazine (2 copies) Quantity: 3 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, approximately 230 mm in height.

Date: 1936 - 1957

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

Reference: Eph-B-CABOT-Scrapbooks-68

Description: Includes clippings about variety shows, Barton's Circus, Ashton's Circus, Bullen's Circus. 1936-1957 Photocopy available Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck into pages of scrapbook

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/0471-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1970 - 1979

Reference: Eph-C-CIRCUS-1970s

Description: Includes: 1977: Michael Edgley International Pty Ltd, Bullen Bros and Kellogg's present The greatest circus on earth (performers from the Moscow Circus). Ringmaster Philip Douglas McDonald (With Rogana, Bronley's Wonder Rocket, Les Castors, Duo Kristoff, Jule and Bubi, the Great Doval, Daisy Bentos, Mechkarovi Trio, Michal Chen, Liberty Stallions, the Great Arturo, Rudi Schweitzer, William Rueda, the Flying Terrels, Lilly Yokoi, the Boichanovi Troupe). 1977/78 1979: Michael Edgley International Pty Ltd and Bullen Bros present The Great International Circus Spectacular. Ringmaster Philip Douglas McDonald (With Bronley's Wonder Rocket, Rogana, Les Castors, Duo Kristoff, Jule and Bubi, the Great Doval, Miss Lini, Michal Chen, the Great Arturo, Mechkarovi Trio, the Flying Terrels, William Rueda, Rudi Schweitzer, the Boichanovi Troupe). 1979/80 (2 copies) Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 340 x 235 mm. Provenance: Donations by Jill Allan 2007, Bevan Greenslade 2005 and Margaret Hurst 2013.

Date: 1962 - 1963

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

Reference: Eph-B-CABOT-Scrapbooks-08

Description: Includes clippings about: Bullen's Circus 1962-1963 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck into pages of scrapbook

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/0235-F

Description: Circus elephants walking down Hall Street toward Rugby League Park, Newtown, Wellington. Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1958

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1958/0472-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches