Rosaire’s Circus Photographs, c1936 - 1950
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs of Rosaire’s Circus and members of the Rosaire family, collected by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Includes photographs of the circus grounds, and circus performers in costume, often with the animals they trained, on stage and also backstage at leisure and rehearsing whilst traveling with Rosaire’s Circus. Individuals featured: Fred Rosaire (also known as 'Count Rosaire' or 'The Count'), Florence Rosaire (also known as 'Countess Rosaire' or 'The Countess'), Aubrey Rosaire, Dennis Rosaire, Ida Rosaire, Ivor Rosaire , Vivian Rosaire, Zena Rosaire, Cissy Rosaire, Derrick Rosaire, Betty Rosaire (wife of Dennis Rosaire), Lucy Rosaire (wife of Ivor Rosaire) and Juliette Rosaire (daughter of Ivor and Lucy Rosaire). Several of the photographs have annotations on the reverse, and some were possibly used in books published by Ruth Manning-Sanders
Dates
- Creation: c1936 - 1950
Creator
- Manning-Sanders, Ruth, 1886 - 1988 (Person)
- Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
49 Item(s) ; Various sizes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
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