Sideshows
Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:
Harold Dever Collection
A collection of photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts from a variety of fairs, taken by a number of photographers including Albert Davies.
Harry Furness Collection
Black and white photographs taken by Harry Furness of his fairground boxing booth. Images show boxers, crowds and people related to the show mainly from the 1940s.
Harry Poole Collection
Black and white photographs of rides, engines, shows and acts as well as scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings from 'The World's Fair' including British Fairground Society Notes, 1949-1963 and scrapbooks relating to fairs, particularly in the Lancashire area.
Hollywood Oddities Poster, c1930 - 1949
Girl with a radio mind, she sees all, knows all. ‘Believe it or Not’. Colour illustration of bust of woman on profile holding a glass ball blindfolded on light blue and black background with black and white type.
How are Fleas Trained to Perform? Poster, c1930 - 1969
By Professor A. Testo. Navy blue type on off white background describing how to train fleas to perform. Printed by A. A. Fletcher & Son Ltd., Swalwell, Newcastle-on-tyne.
Hull Fair Project Collection
Research material used for the Hull Fair Project exhibition and DVD including audio visual material, digitised images, oral history and transcripts.
International Congress of Oddities Presenting ‘Believe it or Not’ Poster, c1930 - 1949
A mighty congress of strange people oddities, freaks and wonders from all parts of the glove featuring oddities as cartooned by Ripley and as exhibited at the World’s Fair. White, red and green type on white and red backgrounds with green border.
Interview with Margaret Bird (nee) Shufflebottom, 15 June 1993
Interview with Margaret Bird, formerly Mrs Margaret Waddington (nee) Shufflebottom. Interview conducted by Brian Steptoe at Bramerton, Norfolk. Audio casette recording and ten pages typed transcript. Copy of original. Digitised as part of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project led by the British Library 2021.
Iron Tongue Pygmy Poster, c1930 - 1949
Limited edition 54 of 2500. Colour illustration of a man in a village with straw houses and palm trees lifting an anvil with his tongue.
Jack Leeson Collection
Photographs and negatives, both collected and taken by him as well as notebooks with detailed lists of every fair visited. Jack Leeson used an elaborate system of cross-referencing which match the photographs and Jack's account of the fair. Also included are letters, scrapbooks and a collection of records of fairground music and some fairground models.
Jack Wilkinson Collection
Joe Hives Collection
Black and white photographs of fairground rides, transport, sideshows, boxing booths and showmen and women.
Joe Stumcke Collection
This collection contains scrapbooks, programmes, photographs of performers at the Kursaal, Bertram Mills Circus and sideshows as well as some business records related to the Stumcke family and their work at the Kursaal and Bertram Mills Circus.
Joe's Bar Sign, 1971
Joe's Bar wooden sign. Black type on off white paint with graffiti.
John Bramwell Taylor Collection
John Gale Collection
Photographs taken by John Gale, including a collection of negatives from his favourite fairs: Newcastle Town Moor, Durham Miners' Gala, Houghton Feast, Northallerton and his home town of Wolsingham. There are also a number of newspaper cuttings, circus and rally programmes.
Jungle Design, c1930 - 1939
Art Deco style, colour design for Codona's Jungle ride entrance.
Lady Leona Psychic Marvel Poster, c1930 - 1949
Girl with radio mind, she sees all, knows all. Colour illustration of bust of woman on profile holding a glass ball blindfolded on green and black background with black type.
Le Monde Illustré: 'Les spectres du Théâtre-Robin', c1880 - 1910
French article from Le Monde Illustré about the Pepper's Ghost illusion. Includes a black and white illustration of the illusion.
Leopard Man of Africa Poster, c1930 - 1949
Half brute, half human. They dive from trees to kill. The new African thriller. Colour illustration of African man’s head wearing bottom and top lip plates. Red and blue type on pink background with blue border.