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Photograph of a group of four people from Sanger's circus, next to a circus ten. The man at the bottom holding the dogs is George Austin, equestrian and husband of Kate Holloway.

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Photograph of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman between two circus performers. To the left of Ellen is a clown with bagpipes. To the right is her brother in law George Austin in equestrian costume. The photograph was taken at Lord George Sanger Circus. The clown is possibly Ellen's father Alexander Coleman, known as Little Sandy.

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Photograph of a Sanger family group and friends at Grand Hall by the Sea in Margate. George Holloway and James Holloway are fourth and fifth from left. Yetta Schultz is fifth, George Austin is fourth and Kate Holloway second from right.

Scope and Contents Photograph of a group, mainly family and performers from Lord George Sanger Circus in the park at the Grand Hall by the Sea in Margate. The people are standing over and looking into a water feature in the park with some of the men holding fishing lines. Some men have fallen over. A number of women (including Sarah Harriet Sanger, furthest left, Yetta Schultz third and Kate Holloway fourth from left) are pointing in the background. Ellen Sanger is also furthest right in the background. The...

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Photograph of Harry Austin posing standing on two horses as part of a four horse act and two young clowns with violins lying in the grass beside the horses in the grounds of Balmoral Castle. The photographer's name 'R. Milne photographer for HM The Queen, Aboyne and Ballater' is on the mount of the photograph.

Scope and Contents Photograph of circus performers in front of a ticket booth for Lord George Sanger Circus. The entrance facade has the wording 'Lord George the Imperial Sanger/The Leading Show of the World/ 3 Times Patronized by the Queen' painted on the front. Front row: seated, third from the right Ellen Coleman, fifth from right equestrian performer Kate Holloway and with white hat, eight places from the right aerial performer Yetta Schultz. The man with the straw boater hat, to the left of the man in the...

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Photograph of a performer on a white horse held by Harry Austin and a clown reaching out with his arm towards the horse in front of a circus tent.

Scope and Contents Group photograph of performers from Lord George Sanger Circus taken at the Royal Estate, Balmoral, Scotland when the circus presented a Royal Performance for Queen Victoria in 1898. Front row, left to right: standing far left George Austin, fifth from left (in jockey costume) Harry Austin, man seated seventh from left a member of the Holloway family, person in costume with horns, fourth from right, Raynor Troupe member. Second row, left to right: fifth from left Kate Holloway and sixth from...

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Black and white and some colour photographs and postcards of George and Jonh Sanger's circus.

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Photograph showing Ellen Austin standing at the door of her living wagon and her husband Harry sat on the steps. The photograph has 'Harry and Topsy' written at the bottom. Harry Austin, was one of the Austin Brothers equestrian performers.

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Photograph of two equestrian performers believed to be (top to bottom) George and Harry Austin from Lord George Sanger Circus.

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Black and white and some colour photographs, negatives, handbills, programmes and other items of ephemera relating to George Sanger's circus and the Hall by the Sea.

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Photograph of a living wagon from Lord George Sanger Circus with sign written on the side 'Patronized by the Queen and the Royal Family from London'. The woman inside the wagon is Ellen 'Topsy' Austin, the man sitting on the steps is her husband Harry Austin and the man standing is Harry's brother George Austin.

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Photograph of equestrian and acrobat performers. The male figure on the horse is Harry Austin. The female, far right, is believed to be Yetta Schultz. The two other women are believed to be either Henrietta, Florence or Lydia who were listed as performers on the 'Corde Elastique' during this time. The photograph is believed to have been taken at Balmoral on the Royal Estate in Scotland in 1898.

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Photograph of a troupe of performers, possibly acrobats, from Sanger's Circus. The man on the back row, furthest right, is believed to be Harry Austin (husband of Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman). The man to the left of him is believed to be a member of the Holloway family. The man on the left of the front row is believed to be George Austin.

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Photograph of equestrian performers (left to right) George and Harry Austin standing on the backs of a pair of horses. The photograph mount is printed with 'Emberson and Sons'. The photographer George Emberson is noted as having travelled with Lord George Sanger's Circus from 1886.