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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 251 Collections and/or Records:

Unknown Group, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.142
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of people. The woman centre front is believed to be aerial performer Florence Austin.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Various, c1800 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178Z54
Scope and Contents

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1800 - 1999

Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Dates: c1800 - 1930

Wild West Circus Performer, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.140
Scope and Contents

Photograph of an unknown wild west circus performer.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Woman and Circus Tent, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.152
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a woman standing in front of a circus tent, possibly Ellen (Topsy) Coleman.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Woman and Living Wagon, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.146
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a woman seated on the steps of a circus living wagon or caravan.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Woman on a Beach, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.138
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a woman on a beach. This is the same woman who appears in other circus related photographs in this collection.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Woman on a Horse, c1920 - 1939

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.153
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a woman sitting bareback on a circus pony. The woman is believed to be Olive Austin

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Women Next to Circus Tent Photograph , c1890 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.8
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two women looking at a paper and two other women peeping through a flap in a circus tent. The woman on top left, is believed to be Kate Holloway, niece of George Sanger.

Dates: c1890 - 1899

Yetta Schultz Photograph, c1880 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.4
Scope and Contents

Three quater portrait of tightrope performer Yetta Schultz.

Dates: c1880 - 1899

Yetta Schultz Photograph , c1880 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.16
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Yetta Schultz in her aerial performance costume. Yetta was a tightrope or wire walker with Lord George Sangers Circus.

Dates: c1880 - 1899