The astonishing collection of memorabilia at Circusmuseum.nl includes nearly 8,000 posters from 1880 to the present. Here is a tiny taste of
the acrobats and aerialists.
The Leo-Tardy, 1904
The collection was amassed by circus enthusiast and scholar,
Jaap Best. 3,500 lithographs by German printer Adolph Friedländer (including
the above poster of The Leo-Tardy) form the core of the collection.
Jules Léotard, by the way, not only pioneered the art of
trapeze (after getting a law degree), and popularized the one-piece bodysuit,
but he was the inspiration for the song "The Daring
Young Man on the Flying Trapeze."
Braun & Braun, 1919
Andys Troupe, 1924
The Trio Hinode, 1905
The Three Cour's, 1911
The Urmann's, 1926
Circus Busch, Famille Frediani, 1910
The Four Flying Chinese's of the Royal Troupe
Lijen-Chaisan, 1907
The Okabe Family, 1909
Blumenfeld's Luft Sensationen, 1925
Hegelmann-Troupe, 1913
Cirque des Frères Bouglione, 1951
Bertram Mills Circus at Oympia, 1938
Kerst Circus, 1996
Circus Barlay, 1960
1988
Bureau, 1951
Cyrk Wielki, 1971
Amar, 1960
