Various items of ephemera.

Posters advertising film festivals and copies of Barnum & Bailey and Ringling Bros posters.

Research material relating to the Silvester/Sylvester, Wilson, Taylor, Fossett, Green, Proctor, Bland, White, Twigdon, Turner, Brown/Sivado, Codman, Layland/Leyland, Collins, Chapman, Barker, and Clark families, including birth, marriage and death certificates and census details.

Ludwigsburg, Germany. Colour photograph of two people in costume with a white border on a black background and white type with the event logo on the front cover, inside white, black and cream pages with running order, introduction, black and white and colour photographs, and descriptions of each act and commercial advertising, featuring Skinning the Cat on page.

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.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Includes; Tweeties Circus, hippo rodeo, monkeyland, a chapter of accidents, acrobatic antics, some birds, and Circus Time.

Hard cover fold out booklet with red fabric spine and title printed on yellow paper and glued to the front cover, containing eight monocrhome views in red showing animals and carts parading with titles and order of the procession in the centre in red type for the Barnum and Bailey Show.

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume doing a trick on the back of a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire, dressed in costume (white sequined top and hot pants), with their brother, Dennis Rosaire (shirtless).

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire, Dennis Rosaire and Derrick Rosaire, dressed in Arabian style costume.

Colour illustration of raoring tiger's head over a black background and blue, yellow and red type, location and date glued to the bottom section, signed by Pager. Printed by Aerigan Entertainments (Pty) Ltd, Central Press Durban

Colour illustration of woman playing a piano over a multicolour background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs on red background of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 6p.p.

Mafeking. Die Marsbewoners Kom Saam Met. Colour illustration of male and female trapeze act hanging from a flying saurcer in white, orange, yellow, blue and black blocks of colour, location and date glued to the bottom section, signed by Pager. Printed by Aerigan Entertainments (Pty) Ltd, Central Press Durban,

Colour illustration of clown's face on left hand side over a blue background and red, green and black type on yellow background on the right on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs and orange and white illustrations of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Colour photograph of two members of Skinning the Cat during their Warrior Princesses performance, the performance name and subheading in white type and a red border.

Colour photograph of two members of Skinning the Cat during their Warrior Princesses performance, the performance name and subheading in white type and a red border.

Watercolour and pen and ink sketches of clowns, interior of the circus tent, setting up the circus.