Silvers Circus & zoo
- Bib ID:
- 7337472
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTER 2023-5164 copy
- Description:
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- Adelaide : Silvers Circus, [Between 1950 and 1960]
- 1 poster : colour ; 101.5 x 37 cm
- Summary:
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Poster promoting a circus performance. No venue or date details are given. Features two clown faces, above and below a central image of a roaring lion. "Sherring Litho Adelaide" appears lower left.
- Biography/History:
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The original Silver's Circus "was an Australian circus started by Mervyn King along with tentmakers, David Hardie Snr. and his two sons Les and David Jnr. King, an orphan, was given to St. Leons Circus at the age of seven. He spent his entire life performing in the ring and became one of the Australian Circus' best known animal trainers and acrobats. He started Silver's circus in 1946 by breaking in a first class lion act, buying and training show horses, surplus army tents and other equipment. It became one of the most well organised, best looking and popular circuses in the country. It also was the first to cross the Nullarbor by road, then a corrugated dirt track full of potholes and bulldust. King changed his stage name to Alwyn Silver to reflect the circus. King sold Silver's in 1953, admitting later the sale was premature since TV didn't make much of an impact on Australian rural life until well into the 1960s. He saw television as a threat. Mervyn King had two sons. He died in 2003 at age 96--Wikipedia, viewed 2 March 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvers_Circus
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library of Australia's copies previously folded, show horizontal fold marks.
- Vivian James Carter Collection.
- POSTER 2023-5164 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-391684694
- Subject:
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- Silvers Circus -- Posters
- Circus -- Australia -- Posters
- Circus performers -- Australia -- Posters
- Circus posters -- Australia
- Clowns -- Australia -- Posters
- Advertising -- Circus -- Australia -- Posters
- Amusements -- Australia -- Posters
- Performing arts -- Australia -- Posters
- Posters, Australian
- Australia -- Posters
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Silvers Circus, issuing body
- Also Titled:
- Silvers Circus and zoo
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2030 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1960
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