Red, blue and black type and black and white illustrations of horse and elephant running with hand written note addressed to Linsay Temple on reverse.

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of circus acts, performers and animals by Lindsay Temple, some pages empty, 6p.p

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of circus acts, performers and animals by Lindsay Temple, 22p.p

Black and white photographs of circus performers and animals, mainly in the ring and portrait of Lindsay Temple with Franz Althoff and Charles Cairoli, mainly stamped by David Jamieson.

Black and white photographs and postcards of circus acts, performers and animals on and off the ring from various circuses including Bertram Mills, Chipperfields at various locations in the United Kingdom including Kelvin Hall, Belle Vue, Olympia, Blackpool Tower, Great Yarmouth, Birmingham and Kendal, some contain annotations on reverse.

Black and white and colour photographs and postcards of circus acts, performers and animals on and off the ring from various circuses including Sarrasani, Captain Alfred Schneider, Cody and Reaney, some contain annotations on reverse, some are autographed and some are promotional images of acts.

Colour photographs of Lindsay Temple at the Monte Carlo Circus Festivals posing with performers and next to Chipperfield tigers outdoors in a cage.

Black and white and colour photographs, negatives and photographic albums mainly containing images of British circus, circus performers, animals and circus personalities but also some menageries such as Bostock and Wombwell and other associated entertainments and non-British circuses taken by David Jamieson, Lindsay Temple, Den Curtis, Capt. Middleton, Jack Niblett and other photographers.

A range of items of promotion and advertising from a range of circus companies and performers, including artistes' photographs with act descriptions used for seeking employment in circuses and pamphlets advertising independent performances and circus companies' literature and souvenirs for public distribution and promotion including Gerry Cottle's Circus, Belle Vue, Blackpool Tower, Bertram Mills Circus, Gandey's, Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, Knie and many more.