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Sideshows

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 347 Collections and/or Records:

Showmen Articles Newspaper Cuttings, 1904 - 1973

 Sub-Series — Box Showmen's Guild Box 18: Series 178G65
Reference code: 178G65.2
Scope and Contents

Articles from The Engineers, Sawdust, The World's Fair, The Sun, Pictorial Quarterly, The Sphere, The Guardian and other newspapers and journals containing articles related to the fairground Showmen community and fairground rides, an article by David Braithwaite, press releases relating to bye-laws and cuttings related to dwarf performers including Tom Thumb.

Dates: 1904 - 1973
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain Collection / Newspaper Cuttings and Scrapbooks

Shufflebottom Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0014
Scope and Contents The main part of the collection consists of material relating to the Shufflebottom family and receipts and posters advertising their latest attractions. The second half of the collection relates to the Waddington family and Margaret Shufflebottom's later marriage to Arthur Bird.The Shufflebottom collection consists of photographs, diaries, albums, account books and assorted ephemera associated with the family's history on the fair. The photographic material dates from 1890 to the...
Dates: c1890 - 1989
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Sideshow and Freak Show Posters, c1930 - 1949

 Series
Reference code: 178R45
Scope and Contents

Posters of sideshow and freak show performers printed by the Enquirer Job Printing Company, in Cincinnati, USA, many of which for Leroy Robert Ripley's Believe it or Not franchise.

Dates: c1930 - 1949
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Enquirer Printing Company Collection

Sketch for Boxing Booth, January 1924

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.43(ix)
Scope and Contents

Sketch for boxing booth shutters and centre with dimensions. Pencil on paper.

Dates: January 1924
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Plans and Sketches for Fairground Rides and Shows

Sketch for Charles Thurston's Ride Design, c1930 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.25
Scope and Contents

Sketch for show front with space for name on the top section, cherub, caryatid, foliage and musical instrument decorations for Charles Thurston. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1930 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Sketch for Hutchin’s Show Front Design, March 1923

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.38
Scope and Contents

Design for Hutchin’s show front, March 1923, signed, C.J. Spooner Burton. Pencil on brown paper.

Dates: March 1923
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Sketch for Prince Samouda’s Show Front Design, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.39
Scope and Contents

Sketch for Prince Samouda’s Mystery Land, front elevation with profuse foliage decorations,with annotations and signed C.J. Spooner Burton on Trent. Pencil and ink on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Sketch for the Design of Parry's Show Front, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.33(xl)
Scope and Contents

Sketch for Parry's Show front showing a female figure on the left hand side, foliage, scroll decorations and columns. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1920 - 1939
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Drawings for the Design of Various Decorative Components for Fairground Rides

Sketch for the Design of the Wonder Show Frontage, 1928

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.32
Scope and Contents

Sketch for the Wonder Show front, steps and booth (Styles?). Pencil on paper.

Dates: 1928
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Sketch of Face Carving Decoration, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.8(x)
Scope and Contents

Sketch for a ride or show frontage carving showing a face, scroll and folliage decorations. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork / Sketches of Samples for Switchback Cars

Sketche for Shooting Gallery Decoration, c1900 - 1929

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.5
Scope and Contents

Design for a fairground sideshow frontage showing classical figures, cherubs and folliage decorations, contains stamp from W.G. Hilton Architectural and Ornamental Wood Carvers. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Orton and Spooner Collection / Original Artwork

Solicitors' Letter Concerning the Sale of Garforth House, 19 September 1985

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178F17.71
Scope and Contents

Letter from Bromley & Walker, solicitors, to Ralph Norman, concerning the sale of Garforth House, Leeds; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 19 September 1985
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Correspondence

Solicitors' Letter Concerning the Sale of Garforth House and Removal of Caravan, 2 May 1986

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178F17.72
Scope and Contents

Letter from Bromley & Walker, solicitors, to Ralph Norman, concerning the sale of Garforth House and the removal of the caravan from the grounds; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 2 May 1986
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Correspondence

Solicitors' Letter to Ralph Norman Concerning Use of Land at Former Wife's Home, 6 August 1986

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178F17.74
Scope and Contents

Letter from Bromley & Walker, solicitors, to Ralph Norman, concerning his use of land at the home of his former wife, Olga Frei Denver, until 31 August 1986; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 6 August 1986
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Correspondence

Solicitors' Letter to Solicitors Concerning Use of Land at Former Wife's Home by Ralph Norman, 5 August 1986

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178F17.73
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lupton Fawcett Bell Cumming & Co solicitors, to Bromley & Walker, solicitors, concerning Ralph Norman’s use of land at the home of his former wife, Olga Frei Denver, until 31 August 1986; typescript, 1p.

Dates: 5 August 1986
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Correspondence

Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899

 Sub-Series — Box John Barmwell Taylor Box 1: Series 178T1
Reference code: 178T1.88-116
Scope and Contents

Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Strand, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Fleet Street.

Dates: c1785 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John Bramwell Taylor Collection / Handbills

Telegram Regarding Television, c1950 - 1960

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 3: Series 178F17; Series 178H12
Reference code: 178F17.90
Scope and Contents

Telegram to the Denvers from Mat Berlin regarding television; typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1950 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Correspondence

Testo Family Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0032
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus

Dates: 1898 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

The Denvers: the Knife Throwing Denvers, Aiming to Thrill Poster Scrap, c1930 - 1960

 Item — Box Norman Family Box 4: Series 178K36; Series 178L9; Series 178P5; Series 178Q4; Series 178T29; Series 178Z25
Reference code: 178Z25.11
Scope and Contents

Scrap torn from a blue and red poster, with text reading ‘The Denvers: the knife throwing Denvers, aiming to thrill’; 1p.

Dates: c1930 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Norman Family Collection / Various Material

The Insect Circus Poster, c2000 - 2015

 Item — Richley Collection Plan Chest Drawer 1: Series 178R43
Reference code: 178R43.4
Scope and Contents

Printed poster advertising The Insect Circus and The Insect Circus Museum. Brown background, blue white and black text, and colour illustration of a insect circus tent and crowds, 1p.

Dates: c2000 - 2015
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Richley Collection / Posters

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