Circus
Found in 5063 Collections and/or Records:
Sanger Circus Performers Photograph, c1890 - 1909
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'.
Sanger Circus Performers Photograph, c1880 - 1909
Photograph of two male performers in costume.
Sanger Circus Performers Photograph, c1890 - 1899
Studio photograph of three women from left to right, Ellen 'Topsy' Coleman, Kate Holloway and Yetta Schultz.
Sanger Circus Programmes, c1894 - 1999
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.
Sanger Circus Tent Photograph, c1880 - 1910
Black and white aerial view of Lord George Sanger Circus parade at the entrance of the circus tent with large crowds around it. Framed.
Sanger Circus Troupe Photograph , c1880 - 1889
Sanger Family Collection
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.
Sanger Family Correspondence, c1900 - 1999
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.
Sanger Family Group Photograph, c1890 - 1909
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.
Sanger Family Material, c1899-1900s
Remembrance and thank you cards and luncheon invitation
Sanger Family Research Material, 1878 - 1999
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.
Sanger-Reeve and Vesque Correspondence, 1930 - 1934
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.
Sanger with Lion Rug Photograph, c1850 - 1910
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.
Sanger's Circus Acrobat Photograph, c1880 - 1899
Photograph of a circus acrobat who appeared with Lord George Sangers Circus at Balmoral in Scotland in 1898.
Sangers Circus members and Living Wagon Photograph, c1896 - 1900
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.
Sangers Circus Performers Photograph, c1880 - 1899
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'.
Sangers Circus Performers Photograph, c1890 - 1899
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.
Sanger's Circus Photographs, c1800 - 1939
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.
Sangers Circus Troupe Photograph, c1880 - 1899
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.
Sanger’s Grand Circus Handbill, c1880
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.