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Fairground art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 433 Collections and/or Records:

Paybox Front Board Design, November 1913

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

Design for the decoration of a ride or paybox front board, signed Orton Sons & Spooner, contains some measurements. Pencil on paper.

Dates: November 1913

Percy Jackson Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0127
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground transport and showpeople taken by a variety of people including Rowland Scott and collected by Percy Jackson.

Dates: 1900 - 1970

Peter Wellen Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0096
Scope and Contents

The collection contains black and white and colour prints of fairground rides and transport, mainly of British southern counties fairs and rallies in the 1960s. There are also some American amusement park images, manuscripts for the first 6 issues of 'Century of Tobers' (Fairground Association of Great Britain) magazine, a small selection of calendars produced by Carters funfair and commercially produced DVDs on the fairground and preservation movement.

Dates: c1967 - 2012

Philip Bradley Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0026
Dates: 1885 - 1950

Philip Swindlehurst Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0040
Scope and Contents

This collection contains original cabinet cards relating to Orton and Spooner of Burton upon Trent and postcards depicting fairs from the turn of the 19th century.

Dates: c1800 - 1899

Photographic Album, 1997

 Item
Reference code: 178C133.1
Scope and Contents Folder containing colour photographs of Warcham and Sons Old Tyme Golden Galloping Horses ride and central organ at Tiverton Christmas Fair, with pencil annotations by Margaret and an ink drawing of a child riding a galloper. These images are part of a collection of photographs dated Christmas 1997, which Margaret used to produce a series of 3D Christmas card illustrations for her friends and family. Only 5 pages have been used, many empty pages and pages containing dried leaves at the end...
Dates: 1997

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1953

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13688
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, amusement parks, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows and showpeople, including Marshall, Manders, Randall Williams, Codona, Holland, Smart, Wilson, Kaye, Jervis, White, Peters, Thurston, Pat Collins and Turner at Nottingham Goose Fair, Coventry Pot Fair, Poole Fair, Ashton, Newcastle, Widnes Fair, Birmingham Whit Fair and Knutsford and other locations and showmen and a...
Dates: 1905 - 1953

Photographic Album, 1937 - 1956

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13689
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, wall of death, fairground shows and showpeople, including Corrigan, Marshall, J. Scott, Robinson, Tuby, Waddington, Butlin, Farrar, at Heckmondwyck Fair, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Sheffield, Keighley, Dewsbury, Woodhouse Feast, Holbeck, Hull, Leeds and Harrogate and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by...
Dates: 1937 - 1956

Photographic Album, c1950 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13690
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons and showpeople, including Silcock, Pat Collins, Morley, Holland and Hibble & Mellor and other locations and showmen with numbers. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 28p.p some pages empty.

Dates: c1950 - 1959

Photographic Album, 1948 - 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13691
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, boxing, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Silcock, Manning, Holland, Waddington, Ling, Butlin, Farrar, Marshall and Pat Collins at Nottingham Goose Fair, Chorley Fair and Southport and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 16p.p.

Dates: 1948 - 1954

Photographic Album, 1908 - 1956

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13692
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, steam engines, living wagons, fairground shows, boxing, wall of death and showpeople, including Holland, Farrar, Warren, Ling, Hibble & Mellor, Tuby, Wroot, Marshall and other showmen at Lincoln Fair with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 20p.p.

Dates: 1908 - 1956

Photographic Album, 1905 - 1954

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13693
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines, living wagons, globe of death, fairground shows, circus and showpeople, including Holland, Pat Collins, Cox, Proctor, Corrigan, Shufflebottom, Shaw, Marshall, Waddington, Ling and Pullen at Nottingham Goose Fair, Hull Fair, Lincoln, Huddersfield and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 19p.p.

Dates: 1905 - 1954

Photographic Album, 1937 - 1941

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13694
Scope and Contents

Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines and transport, circus, wall of death and fairground shows including Holland, Pat Collins, Butlin, Tom Norman, Manning, Pullen, Ling, Farrar, Tuby, Whitelegg and Anderton and Rowland at Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Lincoln Fair, Horton Feast, Manningham Feast and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott, 20p.p.

Dates: 1937 - 1941

Photographic Album, 1899 - 1955

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13695
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs, boxing booths, steam engines and transport, Showpeople, circus and fairground shows including Murphy, Harniest, Deakin, Waddington, Anderton and Rowland, Silcock, Harry Lee, Shaw, Proctor, Reany, M.A. Collins and Tom Norman at Hull Fair, Northampton Fair, Stockport, Daisy Nook, Heaton Park, Oldham and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland...
Dates: 1899 - 1955

Photographic Album, 1941 - 1955

 Item
Reference code: 178C57.13696
Scope and Contents Photographic album containing black and white photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, steam engines and transport, circus and fairground shows including Crow, Harry Lee, Smart, Bertram Mills, Farrar, Butlin, Codona, Silcock, Shaw, Marshall, Pat Collins, M.A. Collins, Harry Lee and Wallis at Oldham Fair, Lincoln Fair, Bootle, Huddersfield, Southport, Hull Fair, Knottingley Fair, Stanley Park and other locations and showmen with notes. Photographs taken and collected by Rowland Scott,...
Dates: 1941 - 1955

Photographic Slides of Fairgrounds, c1973 - 1979

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178C85.1-1223
Scope and Contents

Colour slides of fairgrounds, fairground rides, sideshows, people and stalls, taken by Dick Scott-Stewart.

Dates: c1973 - 1979

Photographs, 1885 - 1950

 File
Reference code: 178C43
Scope and Contents

13 black and white photographs of fairground scenes, carvings, animals and performers by various authors.

Dates: 1885 - 1950

Photographs, c1880 - 1970

 Series
Reference code: 178C45
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Marshall, Scott, Kayes Baker and Testo families, as well as various other circus personalities and performers between 1880s and 1970s. Accompanied by a photograph album, a negative album and photographs, concerning Walter Marshall's service with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Dates: c1880 - 1970

Photographs, c1930 - 1955

 Series
Reference code: 178C141
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of photographs of circus performers, compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders.

Dates: c1930 - 1955

Photographs, 1937 - 1994

 Series
Reference code: 178C73
Scope and Contents

Black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides, fairground organs and transport, mostly by Bill Garbett.

Dates: 1937 - 1994