John Sanger and Sons Royal Hippodrome & Menagerie 1890 (COPY 1/89 f.104)
Transcript
John Sanger & Son’s
Royal Hippodrome & Menagerie
[Illustration of elephants playing musical instruments surrounded by horses with riders running in a circle.]
Largest and Greatest
SHOW in the WORLD
[Illustration of horses running in a circle around an instructor standing on a horse’s back in the middle.]
[Illustration of a horse on a tightrope in a circus tent.]
THE MARVELLOUS BLONDIN HORSE
[Illustration of a bear holding a balancing bar walking a tightrope in a circus tent.]
SANDER’S GREAT TIGHT ROPE BEAR
[Illustration of a row of horses on their hind legs in front of an instructor.]
This enormous Combination comprises
300 HORSES and PONIES
Elephants, Camels, Bears, Kangaroos, Llamas, Chacma, Baboons, Lions, Tigers, and various other Animals.
[Illustration of eight circus tents with different labels:]
Horse tents
Horse tents
Camels
Sanger’s World Renowned Menagerie
Sanger’s Museum of Wonders
Elephants
John Sanger and Son’s Royal Hippodrome and Menagerie
2 Performances Daily, at 2:30 & 7:30.
Grand procession Daily at 1 o’clock.
[Illustration of elephants, llamas, camels, ostriches, zebras, tigers, lions, monkeys, kangaroos, a giraffe, and a polar bear.]
ONE TICKET ADMITS TO ALL!
2. This is an advert for John Sanger and Sons Royal Hippodrome & Menagerie, a kind of travelling circus:
- Do you think this would have been a popular show? Explain why.
- Look at the poster, what types of animals do you think you would have seen at this show?
- What do you think are the main differences between this show and a modern circus?