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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5063 Collections and/or Records:

Sanger Circus Performers Photograph, c1890 - 1909

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.9
Scope and Contents

Photograph of performers from Sanger's Circus standing beside a circus tent. The image shows three men and includes a clown and a man with a club. This maybe an act from 'Lord' George Sanger's Circus mentioned in the programme (178K45.1), called 'Koho the Indian Chief and Albert the Clown'.

Dates: c1890 - 1909

Sanger Circus Performers Photograph, c1880 - 1909

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.10
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two male performers in costume.

Dates: c1880 - 1909

Sanger Circus Performers Photograph, c1890 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.37
Scope and Contents

Studio photograph of three women from left to right, Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman, Kate Holloway and Yetta Schultz.

Dates: c1890 - 1899

Sanger Circus Programmes, c1894 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K43.549-585
Scope and Contents

Sanger Circus programmes including Lord George Sanger's Circus, Lord George Sanger and Pops Sanger Circus, Lord John Sanger's Circus and Sanger's Circus. Contain pantomime acts as well as circus performances in theatres venues.

Dates: c1894 - 1999

Sanger Circus Tent Photograph, c1880 - 1910

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 3: Series 178B39; Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.160
Scope and Contents

Black and white aerial view of Lord George Sanger Circus parade at the entrance of the circus tent with large crowds around it. Framed.

Dates: c1880 - 1910

Sanger Circus Troupe Photograph , c1880 - 1889

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 3: Series 178B39; Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.155
Scope and Contents Photograph of Lord George Sanger Circus performers in front of a circus tent. There is a group of six acrobats performing in the centre of the photograph. The man to the left with a whip is believed to be the elephant trainer. The man next to him, with the wide brimmed hat, is believed to be Alpine Charlie or Charles Taylor the wild cat trainer. The young man holding the dog is believed to be George Hugh Holloway (born 1867), equestrian, wire walker and acrobat and later leader of the Four...
Dates: c1880 - 1889

Sanger Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0166
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white photographs of George Sanger's Circus, photocopies of newspaper cuttings and some research material related to the Sanger Family, original drawings for costume designs by June Dick, an interview with June about her family and life and various other items related to the Sanger family.

Dates: c1900 - 2018

Sanger Family Correspondence, c1900 - 1999

 File
Reference code: 178F31.5
Scope and Contents

Letters to Miss Sanger Reeve from Bernard and Mabel Harris and letter of invitation to Sunday service from G. K. Gillespie to the Sanger circus staff.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Sanger Family Group Photograph, c1890 - 1909

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.39
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Kate, Ellen Coleman aka Topsy, Marie Reeve and Mrs Rule. Identified via inscription on the front. Mary Ann Rule was George Sanger's housekeeper, who lived in Finchley with George after his retirement.

Dates: c1890 - 1909

Sanger Family Material, c1899-1900s

 File
Reference code: 178Z50.57
Scope and Contents

Remembrance and thank you cards and luncheon invitation

Dates: c1899-1900s

Sanger Family Research Material, 1878 - 1999

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178B30.35
Scope and Contents

Includes a route booklet by R. Archer for the George Sanger's Grand Circus and Menagerie tour of Europe in 1878 and photocopies of programmes, photographs, newspaper cuttings, a letter and a Sanger family tree.

Dates: 1878 - 1999

Sanger-Reeve and Vesque Correspondence, 1930 - 1934

 File
Reference code: 178F31.1
Scope and Contents

Letters to Miss Florence Sanger-Reeve from Miss Martha Vesque. Include a watercolour of a female acrobatic act balancing on a pole which stands in a bottle on a table, entitled Miss Castle.

Dates: 1930 - 1934

Sanger with Lion Rug Photograph, c1850 - 1910

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 2: Series 178B39; Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.166
Scope and Contents

Black and white photograph of George Sanger sat outside a house on a wooden chair on top of a lion skin rug. A trophy sits on a plinth next to him.

Dates: c1850 - 1910

Sanger's Circus Acrobat Photograph, c1880 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.29
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a circus acrobat who appeared with Lord George Sangers Circus at Balmoral in Scotland in 1898.

Dates: c1880 - 1899

Sangers Circus members and Living Wagon Photograph, c1896 - 1900

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.86
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1896 - 1900

Sangers Circus Performers Photograph, c1880 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.7
Scope and Contents

Photograph of performers from Sanger's Circus. The image shows a clown being chased by a man dressed in coarse blanket type costume, with black make-up and a club. The clown is believed to be George Holloway. This maybe an act that Lord George Sanger Circus had mentioned in the programme (178K45.1) called 'Koho the Indian Chief and Albert the Clown'.

Dates: c1880 - 1899

Sangers Circus Performers Photograph, c1890 - 1899

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 1: Series 178C114
Reference code: 178C114.54
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1890 - 1899

Sanger's Circus Photographs, c1800 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C108.489-597
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs and postcards of the Sanger circus and family, including family portraits, show fronts, performers, musicians, parades and carriages, some of the people on the photographs have been identified.

Photographs 178C108.502-515 show Lord George Sanger's Circus on a European tour.

Dates: c1800 - 1939

Sangers Circus Troupe Photograph, c1880 - 1899

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

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.

Dates: c1880 - 1899

Sanger’s Grand Circus Handbill, c1880

 Item — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 3: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.304
Scope and Contents

National Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge Road, London, ‘To Conclude with the Fifth Act of Richard III and the great Battle of Bosworth Field and the death of White Surrey’, 4pp.

Dates: c1880