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Title

Circus Barnum & Bailey, Oktoberfest 1916 (Entertainment at Prisoner of War Camp, Fort Henry, Kingston) 

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Item (linked) part of

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Date(s)

1916

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

1 print, plus page of text : hand-coloured lithograph ; 28 x 21.6 cm (page).

Scope and content

Lithographed cover and programme for a Barnum & Bailey circus performance at the prisoner of war camp at Fort Henry, Kingston, for Oktoberfest on October 8, 1916. Cover depicts the figure of a clown, with a large collar and red accents on his costume. The second page (separate) is a programme of events, in German.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)
Copy negative C-113501
90: Open
Graphic (art)
90: Open
Volume
3 Item no. assigned by LAC 61
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R13133-62-7-E

Terms of use

Copyright : expired Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-61 Copy negative number: C-113501

Additional name(s)

Artist: Drechsel, V.W.
Prisoner of war camps - Canada.

Additional information

Copy also at Fort Henry (unverified)

Signatures and inscriptions
First page: Recto, u.c.: Circus Barnum & Bailey / im / DEUTSCHEN / KRIEGSGEFANGENEN / LAGER / FORT HENRY / CANADA Recto, l.r.: OKTOBERFEST / 8 OKTOBER / 1916 Recto, l.c.: LITHOGR. U. DRUCK V.W. DRECHSEL, FORT HENRY Verso: Y.M.C.A. SERVICE FOR PRISONERS OF WAR / CARRIED ON INTERNATIONALLY BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF / BELLIGERENT NATIONS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE / INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK, THE / NATIONAL COUNCILS OF THE VARIOUS / COUNTRIES INVOLVED CO-OPERATING / THEREIN / WRITTEN AT ____ / BY ___ / DATE ___ Page 2: Recto: [full page text in German, programme of events - Circus Barnum & Bailey, Fort Henry, 8 October 1916] Verso: Y.M.C.A. SERVICE FOR PRISONERS OF WAR / CARRIED ON INTERNATIONALLY BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF / BELLIGERENT NATIONS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE / INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK, THE / NATIONAL COUNCILS OF THE VARIOUS / COUNTRIES INVOLVED CO-OPERATING / THEREIN / WRITTEN AT ____ / BY ___ / DATE ___

Subject heading

1. Historical Events - W.W.I - 1916.
2. Fort Henry (Ont.)
3. Prisoner of war camps - Canada.
4. Barnum & Bailey circus.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3953216