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Fairground art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 427 Collections and/or Records:

Ray Madison Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0027
Scope and Contents

Black and white and colour photographs of fairground transport, rides and shows from various locations.

Dates: 1980 - 1995

Research on Carters' Gallopers, c1980 - 2000

 File
Reference code: 178B23.6
Scope and Contents

Research on Carter’s gallopers for book, including some pencil sketches of rides, newspaper and magazine articles and photocopies as well as manuscripts.

Dates: c1980 - 2000

Review of The Fairground Scenics and their Engines Monograph, Published 1952, Revised 1961, Revised 1968

 Item
Reference code: 178B8.2
Scope and Contents

Monograph by J. Rowland Scott, Glossop, published 1952 revised 1961 and 1986. Manuscript, 86p.p.

Dates: Published 1952; Modified: Revised 1961; Modified: Revised 1968

Richard Sissons Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0017
Scope and Contents

Colour photographs of personalities and artefacts taken on the first day of the 1995 Sheffield "Mile Long" City Centre funfair by Richard Sissons.

Dates: 18 August 1995

Ride Entrance Elevation, c1920 - 1939

 Item
Reference code: 178V10.52
Scope and Contents

Design for Holland's showfront entrance with some notes.

Dates: c1920 - 1939

Ride Entrance Plan, c1900 - 1929

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

Sketch of entrance plan for a ride for H. Thurston with dimensions and notes. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Ride Frontage Design, c1880 - 1910

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

Design for ride frontage showing procenium, columns with foliage decorations and shields and garlands hanging between the columns. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1880 - 1910

Ride Frontage Sketch, c1900 - 1929

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

Front elevation design of a ride frontage showing the entrance with two sets of steps and a side elevation, stamped G. Orton Sons & Spooner Ltd. Pencil on paper.

Dates: c1900 - 1929

Rod Spooner Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0011
Scope and Contents

The collection includes photographs taken by Jack Mellor and includes images of fairground rides, sideshows and traction engines. There are copies of Rod Spooner's photographs of South and Midland Fairs from 1952-1953. Also included is a cassette recording of an interview With Kay Smart and other showmen/women.

Dates: c1900 - 1989

Ron Kinder Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0052
Scope and Contents

Slides and photographs of Ron's travels to various preservation events and a few pictures from local Derbyshire fairs, articles, correspondence and Nottingham and Hull fair plans.

Dates: 1960 - 2002

Ron Lee Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0128
Scope and Contents

This collection contains black and white and colour photographs of fairgrounds, fairground rides and transport taken by Ron Lee and scrapbooks.

Dates: c1960 - 2000

Ron Newbold Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0051
Scope and Contents

Colour and black and white photographs consisting of traction engines, fairgrounds, ride and organs taken by Ron Newbold.

Dates: c1960 - 1979

Ron White Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0047
Scope and Contents

Photographs of fairgrounds around Scotland and the north west of England, mainly around Ayrshire from the 1960s onwards and scrapbooks compiled by Ron White containing advertisments for Scottish and north of England fairgrounds and Chipperfield Circus.

Dates: 1950 - 1995

Ronald Allen Taylor Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0015
Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs in twenty two albums taken by Taylor and other photographers, correspondence and a number of catalogues including his Dodgem research material.

Dates: c1900 - 1991

Roundabout Art Article, Published 13 September 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178B9.2
Scope and Contents

An article by P.J. Kavanagh on fairground artist Fred Fowle published in the Telegraph Sunday magazine, London, pages 38-46. Contains illustrations.

Dates: Published 13 September 1981

Roundabouts Volume Four, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178D1.2
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England and Scotland including locations in Manchester, Hull, Torquay, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leeds and featuring John Shaw's amusements.

Dates: 1993

Roundabouts Volume One, 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178D1.3
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England and Scotland including locations in Leeds, Meadowhall, Hyde, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Kirkcaldy, Huddersfield, Hamilton, Plymouth and Newcastle.

Dates: 1992

Roundabouts Volume Three, 1993

 Item
Reference code: 178D1.1
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England and Scotland including locations in Glasgow, Sheffield Owlerton, Meadowhall, Stoke-on-Trent, Retford, Grantham, Daisy Nook, Hampstead Heath, kingsbury, Hazel Grove, Cranleigh, Harrogate and Glossop features Jack Schofield, Chairman of the Fairground Society of Great Britain in the mid-1990s.

Dates: 1993

Roundabouts Volume Two, 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178D1.4
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL amateur recording of fairs in England including locations in Gloucester, Tenby, Meadowhall, Preston, Bicester, Doncaster, Hanley, Milton Keynes and Loughborough.

Dates: 1992

Rowland Scott Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0037
Scope and Contents

Photographs related to all aspects of British travelling fairgrounds including; rides, transport, living wagons, showpeople, fairground shows, circuses and organs by Rowland Scott and other authors, a selection of manuscripts by Rowland Scott and a small amount of correspondence.

Dates: c1899 - 1989