Join in the fun with Dick Emery, Mandy, Lampwick & Friends, Christmas Startime! The Karlins, New Vaudeville Band, Daisy May & Company assisted by the International Ventriloquist Saveen, Johnny & Suma Lamont, The Leonora Budden Juvenile Dancers, plus the hilarious crazy car chase! Sydney Simone Orchestra under the direction of Peter Malam. Red poster with yellow, white and black text, black and white photographs and colourful illustrations.

General Tom Thumb, Commodore Nutt, and Minnie Warren at St James Hall, Piccadilly. Midget variety act, encompassing all of Gen Tom Thumb's family, wife daughters etc. Printed by Brickhill and Bateman, Steam Publishing Works, Newington Butts, S.

General Tom Thumb at 209 Regent Street. “He will appear in his Citizen’s Dress; as Napoleon Bonaparte; also in his Scotch Costume; and in his Court Dress.” Illustration of Tom Thumb and a six year old child. Printed by T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket, Westminster.

Tom Thumb illustration.

Assembly Rooms Low Pavement, London. illustrated print with details added. Printed by Webb and Co., Litho., 8 Farringdon Street.

Set out in the style of a wanted poster, advertising slight of hand magician and 'pick pocket' Gentleman Jack at Chipperfields Circus, printed on yellow paper, with black and white photograph of Gentleman Jack and black type. Printed by Winfield Press

Collection of circus books, journals and films.

Photograph of George and Ellen Sanger in a horse drawn carriage with grooms mounted on the horses.

Promotional card and puzzle for George Blake Ventriloquist, 9p.p.

The collection contains numerous photographs, newspaper cuttings relating to traction engines and 40 rally programmes.

Photograph of George Sanger and his wife Ellen with elephants and camels and animal handlers. George is marked on the photograph in pen as 'Dada' and Ellen as 'Mama'. The man standing furthest right is William Sanger, George's brother. The photograph was taken at the 'Hall by the Sea' in Margate.

Photographs, slides, newspaper cuttings related to the Biddall family and photographs of Kirkaldy Fair created for a documentary on Scottish fairs.

Black and white photograph stuck to cardboard of a full circus party workers and performers. All stood in front of a big top and carts.

Photograph of a large group of people with trophy and framed presentation. The presentation was to George Sanger to mark his retirement from the circus in 1905. George is seated on the front row to the left of the trophy. Other members of the Sanger Family are present including John Sanger on the second row right next to the cup, George James Sanger No.3 top row, James Sanger top row 3rd from the right and also Peter Hoffman back row left of the cup.

Photograph of a tableau wagon from Lord George Sanger Circus procession depicting Britannia with a lion and a lamb. Britannia was originally played by Ellen Sanger wife of Lord George Sanger, however, this Britannia is most likely to be Georgina Coleman daughter of Laurina Sanger who is noted as playing the role after her grandmother Ellen.

Collection of early films related to the first year of film-making in America and the United Kingdom and nineteenth century magic lantern slides, letter, film catalogues and photographic plates.

Programmes for German circuses including Circus Krone, Aladin, German National Circus, Circus Stey, Circus Nock, Circus Bavaria, Circus Royal, Friedrichstadt-Palast, Alberti, Cirkus Frankello, Hagenbeck, Brumbach and others, containing colour illustrations and photographs on the front covers, inside black and white and colour photographs of perfomers and acts with text, programme and commercial advertising.