World's fairs and expositions
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Liz Gray Collection
This collection contains a small amount of postcards from the 1908 Franco-British exhibition in London and two videos, one about the Priddy fair and another one about the Cole fairground family.
New York World’s Fair, Pearl White Perils of Pauline, Our Gang, Prairie Pirates, and One AM Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 350 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; scenes starring Ronald Colman and Shelley Winters. Text Williams in 'Prairie Pirates'. Charles Chaplin and Albert Austin in 'One AM'.
Postcards, c1900 - 1908
Postcards from the Franco-British exhibition, including the Flip Flap ride.
Ted Lightbown Collection
Promotional photographs from Rhyl pleasure beach and a large number of plans for Rhyl and associated parks. This includes Battersea festival of Britain, the Battersea Amusement Park and client parks for whom Rhyl built water chute structures.
World's Fair and Expositions Collection
The collection covers material from British, European and American expositions including programmes, guides, postcards, advertisements, newspapers and books.