Ashton's circus & zoo : kids bring mum & dad to the circus
- Bib ID:
- 7129931
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. POSTER 2022-429 copy
- Description:
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- Brisbane : Ashtons, 1970-1980?
- 1 poster : colour ; 75.5 x 50.3 cm
- Summary:
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A poster promoting Ashton's Circus. Features a drawing of two clown faces with a drum and banner, all in red, white and blue. A stamp on the reverse read "This complete poster will admit one person to Ashtons Circus free".
- Biography/History:
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"Ashton's Circus (currently operating as Circus Joseph Ashton) is the longest-surviving circus in Australia, pre-dating most others in the English-speaking world. The circus was founded in Hobart, Tasmania in about 1849 by Thomas Mollor, and acquired in February 1850 by James Henry Ashton, a man schooled in the tradition of English circus and who had experienced the hard times of the nineteenth century. The circus operated as the Royal Amphitheatre or Royal Circus. When founder James Henry Ashton died in 1889, his son Fred, then aged 22, inherited the circus. The circus continued to be handed down throughout the family, and today it is run by the 6th generation of Ashtons, Michelle and Joseph and their sons Jordan and Merrik. As Joseph had founded 'Circus Joseph Ashton' in 1998 prior to his grandfather's retirement in 2000, it was decided to apply this name to the family's main circus reflecting the current state of ownership and operations. The prior name of "Ashton's Circus" was retired. Circus Joseph Ashton travels mainly in South Australia and Western Australia"--Wikipedia, sited 26 July, 2016.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library of Australia's copy has edge tears, minor loss and tape stains.
- POSTER 2022-429 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-302706149
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ashton's Circus, issuing body
- Also Titled:
- Ashton's circus and zoo
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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