Sideshows
Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:
Bostock's Menagerie Front Design, c1890 - 1910
Front elevation of Bostock's menagerie, showing heaving carving jungle decorations, scale.
Bostock's Menagerie Front Design, c1880 - 1899
Jungle design wih statues of people and animals for Bostock's menagerie show.
Bostock's Menagerie Front Design, c1890 - 1910
Front elevation of Bostock's menagerie truck, showing heaving carving decorations, scale 3/4".
Boxing Booth Elevation, December 1934
Front elevation of Stewart's boxing booth, scale 3/4".
Brian Steptoe Collection
An audio cassette recording of a conversation between Maggie Bird (formerly Mrs. Margaret Waddington and nee Shufflebottom) and Brian Steptoe on 15th June, 1993 at Bramerton, Norfolk. There is a ten page transcript to accompany the recording.
Broadway Trailer Design, c1920 - 1939
Detailed design for a three dimensional advertising trailer for a show, with text reading Rialo now showing, 100% singing and dancing, showing dancing girls in a city scape full of sky scrappers.
Business and Personal Correspondence Belonging to Billy Wood, 1951 - 1979
Various items of correspondence addressed to Billy Wood, mostly of personal nature, some mention his business, includes a letter from Bill Tomlinson regarding council refusal to grant Billy a licence to run his boxing show. Typescript and manuscript.
Business Records, 1931 - 1974
Billy Wood's business records including boxers' personal details and promotional images.
Business Records, 1961
Small amount of Alfred Grey's business records.
Business Records Relating to Billy Wood's Boxing Booth, 1931 - 1974
Chamberlain's Show Front Design, c1890 - 1910
Front elevation of Chamberlain's show front with woodcarvings by W.G. Hilton, Burton-on-Trent, containing war and patiotric references
Circus Research Material, 1891 - 1935
Cliff Marston and Cedric Conway Collection
Photographic collection of fairground lorries, rides, shows, organs and preservation vehicles at various fairs and rallies as well as notebooks, correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Col. Tim McCoy Poster, c1930 - 1949
In person, famous Western and TV star. Black and white photograph of Tim McCoy in cowboy outfit riding a horse and holding his hat up high on his right hand on a red background with black and white and navy type and a white border.
Correspondence, 1951 - 1979
Items of personal and business correspondence belonging to Billy Wood
Correspondence, 20 December 1994
Letter from Geoff Harrison to Howard Grey.
Crystal Palace and South London Handbills, c1835 - 1899
Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Crystal Palace and South London.
David Robinson Collection
This collection contains rare posters, handbills, photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings, catalogues and books on travelling exhibitions, speciality acts, magic, circus, performing animals and freak shows.
Design Drawings for Ride and Show Fronts, c1880 - 1939
Drawings for ride fronts, shows and carts, including Chamberlain’s show front carved by W.E. Hilton, Bostock’s show front, chalk rubbing for window design, centre pay box for organs, Ghost trains, Corrigan’s front entrance, Smart and Elson sign, Frank Codona’s Speedway, Egyptian Helter Skelter design and Parry’s Famous Shows front.
Dick Scott-Stewart Collection
Slide transparencies created for the 'Fairground Snaps' book and later projects. The material in this archive is all of Scott-Stewart's work relating to fairs and circuses, particularly from an artistic and social angle. This collection covers all the field work completed by the artist in preparing his book, as well as trips following the publication.