List with short biographical information on people involved in the show.

Group of three performers, two men and a woman with Joe Craston Junior top and Victoria Craston.

A collection of newspaper cuttings on circuses history 'The A, B, C, of the Show', a directory of circus performers and other essays and research including programmes and information about performers amongst others by Hal Thomas (David Harold Thomas). Manuscript and typewrite.

Mixed group of acrobat performers in swimming costumes in a park. Victoria Craston, back row, third from right.

Group of performers on stage.

Nitrate film by Robert Paul and Birt Acres, showing two animal acts filmed on the same wooden stage as the Boxing Kangaroo. The first sequence shows a skipping dog jumping through a hoop held by an animal trainer or showman. The second sequence shows possibly one of the earliest tributes to the Skirt Dance on film, with a dog or monkey performing the dance with the aid of its trainer.

The Witches kitchen Theatre Blackpool. Comedy show Hypnotic Phantasy.

Photographic albums containing black and white photographs of circus and performers, some notes, programmes and newspaper cuttings compiled by Peter Fox.

10th Jun to 31st October. White outline of blackpool tower, colour illustrations of a clown, elephants, a crocodile, a man swinging from a vine, six women in a waterfall and a chimpanzee in swimming trucks and a pool ring, photographs of The Chucklehounds and wrestler Big Daddy. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd.

The Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. David Hibling, lions, tigers, elephants, bears, pigs, mules, horses, water spectacle, aqua maidens. Colour illustration of smiley clown face on top left, female trapeze artiste below, three white horses rearing, front section of elephant, two clowns, lion, tiger and man in red jacket and white shirt, holding a top hat on his right hand on a blue background

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Colour photograph of female in red, yellow and black swimming costume, clown's face and white horse over a blue background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white and colour photographs of acts and performers with text and programme in the centre, 8p.p.

London International Circus Festival. Folding programme with poster inside with colour and black and white photographs of acts and performers and text, and programme in the back.

Colour illustrations of two clowns, an acrobat, horses, an elephant, BMX riders, a lion and a tiger, background is blue, type is red, orange, yellow and white.

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Water spectacle, Dale Martin wrestling with Bid Daddy. Colour illustration of smiley clown face on top left, two riders on bycicles below, a woman seated on an elephant's head on bottom right and a trapeze act on top right over an orange background

Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Colour photograph of circus ring and curtain with neon sign above reading Peter Jay's Superdrome Circus on the front cover, inside introduction, colour photographs of acts and performers with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 8p.p.

Appleby-in-Westmorland, Wednesday 13 to Sunday 17 July. Black type on yellow background listing a range of performing animals and other circus acts including Eastern magic

Bearded Lady at 432 Strand. "Extraordinary Living Phenomenon of the Feminine sex, having a beard of 6 inches in length, whiskers and moustachios". Printed by Cheap Printing by Simpkins, Adelphi Press, 701/2, Strand.

Includes related invoices, budget outline, receipts and remittance advice.

Printed material from the Science Museum website including images from the National Fairground and Circus Archive, freak shows and Marisa.